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English words starting with c - page 518

Meanings of Cyclohexane:

noun

A colourless flammable liquid cycloalkane obtained from petroleum or by hydrogenating benzene, and used as a solvent and paint remover.

Usage examples:

Catalytic hydrogenation adds six hydrogen atoms to produce cyclohexane, a colorless liquid with the…

Meanings of Cyclohexanone:

noun

A colourless flammable liquid cycloalkane obtained from petroleum or by hydrogenating benzene, and used as a solvent and paint remover.

Usage examples:

Catalytic hydrogenation adds six hydrogen atoms to produce cyclohexane, a colorless liquid with the…

Meanings of Cycloheximide:

noun

A compound with antibiotic activity produced by the streptomycete bacterium streptomyces griseus, now used mainly as an inhibitor of protein synthesis in experimental systems.

Meanings of Cyclohexyl:

noun

Of or denoting the cyclic hydrocarbon radical —c6h11, derived from cyclohexane.

Meanings of Cycloid:

noun

A curve (resembling a series of arches) traced by a point on a circle being rolled along a straight line.

Usage examples:

Neile's parabola was the first algebraic curve to have its arc length calculated; only the arc leng…

Meanings of Cycloids:

noun

A curve (resembling a series of arches) traced by a point on a circle being rolled along a straight line.

Usage examples:

Neile's parabola was the first algebraic curve to have its arc length calculated; only the arc leng…

Meanings of Cyclometer:

noun

An instrument for measuring circular arcs.

Meanings of Cyclometers:

noun

An instrument for measuring circular arcs.

Meanings of Cyclone:

noun

A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.

Usage examples:

Visitors were told how weather data which flow in continuously from around 500 weather stations all…

Meanings of Cyclones:

noun

A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.

Usage examples:

Visitors were told how weather data which flow in continuously from around 500 weather stations all…

Meanings of Cyclonic:

adjective

Relating to or resembling a cyclone.

Usage examples:

A severe storm with cyclonic winds tore apart roofs

Meanings of Cyclonometer:

noun

An instrument for measuring circular arcs.

Meanings of Cyclopaedia:

noun

An encyclopedia.

Usage examples:

Bailey's cyclopedia of horticulture

Meanings of Cyclopaedias:

noun

An encyclopedia.

Usage examples:

Bailey's cyclopedia of horticulture

Meanings of Cycloparaffin:

noun

Another term for cycloalkane.

Meanings of Cyclopean:

adjective

Denoting a type of ancient masonry made with massive irregular blocks.

Usage examples:

Cyclopean stone walls

Meanings of Cyclopedia:

noun

An encyclopedia.

Usage examples:

Bailey's cyclopedia of horticulture

Meanings of Cyclopedias:

noun

An encyclopedia.

Usage examples:

Bailey's cyclopedia of horticulture

Meanings of Cyclopes:

noun

A member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. in the odyssey, odysseus escaped death by blinding the cyclops polyphemus.

Usage examples:

The one-eyed, savage giant called cyclops remained a mystery, submerged in the myths and imagery of…

Meanings of Cyclophosphamide:

noun

A synthetic cytotoxic drug used in treating leukaemia and lymphoma and as an immunosuppressive agent.

Usage examples:

A combination of two immunosuppressive drugs, cyclophosphamide and fludarabine, was given with the …

Meanings of Cyclopropane:

noun

A flammable gaseous synthetic compound whose molecule contains a ring of three carbon atoms. it has some use as a general anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

The simplest compound is cyclopropane, but its non-tetrahedral bond angles within the ring severely…

Meanings of Cyclops:

noun

A member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. in the odyssey, odysseus escaped death by blinding the cyclops polyphemus.

Usage examples:

The one-eyed, savage giant called cyclops remained a mystery, submerged in the myths and imagery of…

Meanings of Cyclorama:

noun

A circular picture of a 360° scene, viewed from inside.

Usage examples:

An obvious refinement in the bloody 19th century was war, and the cyclorama paintings installed at …

Meanings of Cycloramas:

noun

A circular picture of a 360° scene, viewed from inside.

Usage examples:

An obvious refinement in the bloody 19th century was war, and the cyclorama paintings installed at …

Meanings of Cyclostome:

noun

An eel-like jawless vertebrate with a round sucking mouth, of a former group that included the lampreys and hagfishes.

Usage examples:

Data concerning key evolutionary invertebrate and vertebrate groups, the protochordates, chondricht…

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