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

black buffalo means: fish of the lower Mississippi

bowtie pasta means: pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie

chalcis fly means: a variety of chalcid fly

choosy means: difficult to please

clean up means: make oneself clean, presentable or neat

clean up means: put (things or places) in order

clean up means: dispose of

clean up means: make a big profit; often in a short period of time

computer mouse means: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad

fringe cups means: plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho

hothr means: (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe

imitative electronic deception means: the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions

louis jolliet means: French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)

lubricating system means: mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings

overbusy means: too busy

perceive means: become conscious of

perceive means: to become aware of through the senses

prescience means: the power to foresee the future

pull in one's horns means: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

push-button radio means: a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons