English words starting with c - page 519

Meanings of Cyclostomes:

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…

Meanings of Cyclostyle:

noun

An early device for duplicating handwriting, in which a pen with a small toothed wheel pricks holes in a sheet of waxed paper, which is then used as a stencil.

verb

Duplicate with a cyclostyle.

Usage examples:

They cyclostyled a few hundred copies

Meanings of Cyclothymia:

noun

A mental state characterized by marked swings of mood between depression and elation; bipolar disorder.

Usage examples:

A person with cyclothymia experiences symptoms of hypomania but never a full-blown hypomanic episode.

Meanings of Cyclotron:

noun

An apparatus in which charged atomic and subatomic particles are accelerated by an alternating electric field while following an outward spiral or circular path in a magnetic field.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the most important improvement has been the replacement of an electrical magnet with a seri…

Meanings of Cyclotrons:

noun

An apparatus in which charged atomic and subatomic particles are accelerated by an alternating electric field while following an outward spiral or circular path in a magnetic field.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the most important improvement has been the replacement of an electrical magnet with a seri…

Meanings of Cyder:

noun

Archaic spelling of cider.

Meanings of Cyders:

noun

An alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice.

Usage examples:

A bottle of cider

Meanings of Cygnet:

noun

A young swan.

Usage examples:

After hatching, parents led the cygnets to feeding grounds on lawns surrounding the lake or shallow…

Meanings of Cygnets:

noun

A young swan.

Usage examples:

After hatching, parents led the cygnets to feeding grounds on lawns surrounding the lake or shallow…

Meanings of Cygnus:

proper noun

A prominent northern constellation (the swan), said to represent a flying swan that was the form adopted by zeus on one occasion. it contains the bright star deneb.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation cygnus.

Usage examples:

The star delta cygni

Meanings of Cylinder:

noun

A solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.

Usage examples:

Narnia uses stencil shadows generated from implicit geometry representations such as cylinders and …

Meanings of Cylinders:

noun

A solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.

Usage examples:

Narnia uses stencil shadows generated from implicit geometry representations such as cylinders and …

Meanings of Cylindric:

adjective

Having straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross-section; in the shape or form of a cylinder.

Usage examples:

A cylindrical plastic container

Meanings of Cylindrical:

adjective

Having straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross-section; in the shape or form of a cylinder.

Usage examples:

A cylindrical plastic container

Meanings of Cyma:

noun

A cornice moulding with an s-shaped cross section.

Usage examples:

The building is noted for a beautiful baroque doorway and the heads of the lions in the cymae of th…

Meanings of Cymae:

noun

A cornice moulding with an s-shaped cross section.

Usage examples:

The building is noted for a beautiful baroque doorway and the heads of the lions in the cymae of th…

Meanings of Cymar:

noun

An ecclesiastical vestment resembling a cassock; (sometimes) this vestment together with a shoulder cape of the same fabric (whether attached to it or worn over it).

Meanings of Cymas:

noun

A cornice moulding with an s-shaped cross section.

Usage examples:

The building is noted for a beautiful baroque doorway and the heads of the lions in the cymae of th…

Meanings of Cymbal:

noun

A musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate which is either struck against another one or struck with a stick to make a ringing or clashing sound.

Usage examples:

The angels are depicted as playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambour…

Meanings of Cymbalom:

noun

A large hungarian dulcimer (musical instrument).

Usage examples:

The traditional romanian cimbalom (dulcimer or zither) is the sole accompaniment on the dramatic an…

Meanings of Cymbals:

noun

A musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate which is either struck against another one or struck with a stick to make a ringing or clashing sound.

Usage examples:

The angels are depicted as playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambour…

Meanings of Cymbidium:

noun

A tropical orchid with long, narrow leaves and arching stems bearing several flowers, growing chiefly as an epiphyte from asia to australasia and widely grown for buttonholes.

Usage examples:

The orchids that are most commonly available in garden centres are phalaenopsis (moth orchids), onc…

Meanings of Cyme:

noun

A flower cluster with a central stem bearing a single terminal flower that develops first, the other flowers in the cluster developing as terminal buds of lateral stems.

Usage examples:

The flat, star-shaped flowers are 1-cm across, range in color from maroon in the sun to pale beige …

Meanings of Cymes:

noun

A flower cluster with a central stem bearing a single terminal flower that develops first, the other flowers in the cluster developing as terminal buds of lateral stems.

Usage examples:

The flat, star-shaped flowers are 1-cm across, range in color from maroon in the sun to pale beige …

Meanings of Cymraeg:

noun

The welsh language.

Usage examples:

The closest cognate in the cymraeg "pantheon" would be rhiannon, whose name also translates to "gre…