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- CINGULUMThe girdle of an alb.
- CIRCASynonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating.
- CIRCINATEOf a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.
- CIRCUITThe act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- CIRCUITOUSNot direct or to the point.
- CIRCUMMURETo surround with, or as if with, a wall.
- CIRRATEOf, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.
- CIRRIplural of cirrus.
- CIRRUSSynonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”). A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the m
- CISPLATINA platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl2H6N2Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors a
- CISTERNAAny of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
- CITADELA strong fortress that sits high above a city.
- CITATIONAn official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
- CITETo quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- CITIZENA resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
- CITOLEAn archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings
- CITREOUSOf the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish.
- CITRINEA goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
- CIVILISTOne who studies or works with the civil law.
- CLAIMANTOne who claims; one who makes a claim.
- CLAIRAUDIENTHaving, pertaining to, or involving clairaudience.
- CLAMANTUrgent.
- CLAMORA great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
- CLAMOURUK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
- CLANA group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- CLANGOURA loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
- CLARETA dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
- CLARIFYTo make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
- CLARITYThe state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
- CLARYclary sage (Salvia sclarea)
- CLAUSEA group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
- CLAUSTRALOf or pertaining to a cloister.
- CLAUSTROPHOBEOne who suffers from claustrophobia.
- CLAUSTROPHOBIAThe abnormal fear of closed, tight places.
- CLAUSTRUMA thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed t
- CLAVATEResembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
- CLAVIERThe keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
- CLAVIGEROne who carries a club; a club bearer.
- CLAVISA Roman key.
- CLAVUSA callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
- CLEARTransparent in colour.
- CLEFA symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
- CLEMENTLenient or merciful; charitable.
- CLERISYAn elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
- CLIENTA customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- CLOAKA long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- CLOCHEA glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- CLOSETA small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
- CLOSUREAn event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- CLOVEA very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- CLOWNA slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
- CLOYTo fill up or choke up; to stop up.
- CLYPEATEShaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
- CLYPEIFORMshaped like a round shield; clypeate
- CLYPEUSThe shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
- COACTIONForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
- COADJUTORAn assistant or helper.
- COADJUTRIXA female coadjutor
- COADUNATEClosely joined (by growing together).
- COADUNATIONUnion into a single body or mass; unity.
- COAGULANTThat causes coagulation or that coagulates.
- COAGULATETo become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
- COAGULATIONThe precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.
- COAGULUMA mass of coagulated material; a clot or curd
- COALITIONA temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
- COAPTTo fit together; often, to fit together and fasten, sometimes with mutual adaptation.
- COASTThe edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
- COASTERA person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
- COBLEA small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.
- COBRAAny of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
- COCTIONAn act of boiling.
- CODAA passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- CODEA short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- CODEXAn early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- COEFFICIENTCooperating.
- COELENTERATEAny simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.
- COENOBIAplural of coenobium
- COEQUALEqual to each other in size, rank or position.
- COETANEOUSBelonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.
- COEVALOf the same age or era; contemporary.
- COGENTReasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
- COGITABLEThinkable, conceivable, able to be imagined.
- COGITATETo meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
- COGNATEAllied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.
- COGNITIVERelating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
- COGNOVITAn instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
- COHABITTo live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
- COHERETo stick together physically, by adhesion.
- COHERENTUnified; sticking together; making up a whole.
- COHESIONState of cohering, or of working together.
- COHESIVEHaving cohesion.
- COHIBITTo restrain; to inhibit.
- COIFFEURA male hairdresser.
- COILSomething wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- COINA piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- COITIONSexual intercourse.
- COITUSSexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal penetration.
- COLANDERA bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
- COLECabbage.