street names for cocaine
<noun.artifact>

C

blow

coke

nose candy

snow

the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
<noun.communication>

C

c

(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
<noun.communication>

C

a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
<noun.communication>

C

a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
<noun.quantity>

C

ampere-second

coulomb

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
<noun.quantity>

C

degree Celsius

degree centigrade

ten 10s
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100

C

century

hundred

one C

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

C

atomic number 6

carbon

a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
<noun.substance>

C

cytosine

one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
<noun.substance>

C

deoxycytidine monophosphate

a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
<noun.substance>

C

ascorbic acid

vitamin C

a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
<noun.communication>

C and W

country and western

country music

battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
<noun.artifact>

C battery

a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
<noun.communication>

C clef

a compiler for programs written in C
<noun.communication>

C compiler

beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
<noun.location>

C horizon

C-horizon

(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
<noun.communication>

C major

C major scale

scale of C major

(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
<noun.communication>

C major

C major scale

scale of C major

a program written in C
<noun.communication>

C program

a clamp in the shape of the letter C
<noun.artifact>

C-clamp

beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
<noun.location>

C horizon

C-horizon

a canned field ration issued by the United States Army
<noun.food>

C-ration

a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
<noun.substance>

C-reactive protein

CRP

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
<noun.act>

C-section

abdominal delivery

caesarean

caesarean delivery

caesarean section

caesarian

caesarian delivery

caesarian section

cesarean

cesarean delivery

cesarean section

cesarian

cesarian section

United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944)
<noun.person>

C. D. Gibson

Charles Dana Gibson

Gibson

Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
<noun.person>

Best

C. H. Best

Charles Herbert Best

English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
<noun.person>

C. K. Ogden

Charles Kay Ogden

Ogden

British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
<noun.person>

C. Northcote Parkinson

Cyril Northcote Parkinson

Parkinson

English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
<noun.person>

Baron Snow of Leicester

C. P. Snow

Charles Percy Snow

Snow

English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
<noun.person>

C. S. Forester

Cecil Scott Forester

Forester

English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
<noun.person>

C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

Lewis

United States historian (1908-1999)
<noun.person>

C. Vann Woodward

Comer Vann Woodward

Woodward

United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
<noun.person>

C. W. Post

Charles William Post

Post

a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
<noun.animal>

C. diphtheriae

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Klebs-Loeffler bacillus

bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
<noun.animal>

C. psittaci

Chlamydia psittaci

bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum
<noun.animal>

C. trachomatis

Chlamydia trachomatis

of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians
<adv.all>

C.E.

CE

Common Era

sample sentences

"in 200 CE"

collecting the charges upon delivery
<adv.all>

C.O.D.

COD

cash on delivery

sample sentences

"mail a package C.O.D."

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
<noun.artifact>

C.P.U.

CPU

central processing unit

central processor

mainframe

processor

sample sentences

"the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"

a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
<noun.substance>

C2H6

ethane