English words starting with cis
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Meanings of Cis:
adjectiveDenoting or relating to a molecular structure in which two particular atoms or groups lie on the same side of a given plane in the molecule, in particular denoting an isomer in which substituents at opposite ends of a carbon–carbon double bond are on the same side of the bond.
Usage examples:
The cis isomer of stilbene
prefixOn this side of; on the side nearer to the speaker.
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Cisatlantic
abbreviationCommonwealth of independent states.
Meanings of Cisatlantic:
adjectiveOn the same side of the atlantic as the speaker.
Usage examples:
One thinks of his first book with its peerless interpretation of faith and culture in the cisatlant…
Meanings of Cisco:
nounA freshwater whitefish of northern countries, most species of which are important food fishes.
Usage examples:
They prey on such fish as the cisco (lake herring), lake whitefish, central mudminnow, and golden s…
Meanings of Ciscoes:
nounA freshwater whitefish of northern countries, most species of which are important food fishes.
Usage examples:
They prey on such fish as the cisco (lake herring), lake whitefish, central mudminnow, and golden s…
Meanings of Cislunar:
adjectiveBetween the earth and the moon.
Usage examples:
The darkness of cislunar space
Meanings of Cisplatine:
nounA cytotoxic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
Usage examples:
In this study, researchers developed head and neck cancer cell cultures resistant to the chemothera…
Meanings of Cispontine:
adjectiveOn the north side of the thames bridges in london (originally the better-known side).
Usage examples:
Cross a bridge over the thames and you were in the more respectable cispontine sector of london.
Meanings of Cissies:
nounA person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
Usage examples:
He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy
adjectiveSoft, timid, or oversensitive, or overly interested in things traditionally associated with women.
Usage examples:
They still think that dancing is a sissy thing for guys to do
Meanings of Cissing:
noun(in decorating) failure of paint to adhere properly to a surface.
Usage examples:
Step 1: rub over the panel with a damp sponge and rottenstone powder to eliminate cissing.
Meanings of Cissus:
nounA woody climbing vine of a genus that includes the kangaroo vine.
Usage examples:
I've some type of cissus, that does best in brightest light in winter but out of direct sun in summ…
Meanings of Cissy:
nounA soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women.
Usage examples:
He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy
adjectiveA person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
Usage examples:
He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy
Meanings of Cist:
nounAn ancient coffin or burial chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree.
Usage examples:
He pointed at long flat slabs resting on stone kists.
Meanings of Cistercian:
nounA monk or nun of an order founded in 1098 as a stricter branch of the benedictines. the monks are now divided into two observances, the strict observance, whose adherents are known popularly as trappists, and the common observance, which has certain relaxations.
Usage examples:
The cistercian order follows the reformed benedictine rule; cistercians of the strict observance fo…
adjectiveRelating to the cistercians.
Usage examples:
A cistercian abbey
Meanings of Cistern:
nounA tank for storing water, especially one supplying taps or as part of a flushing toilet.
Usage examples:
It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing.
Meanings of Cisterns:
nounA tank for storing water, especially one supplying taps or as part of a flushing toilet.
Usage examples:
It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing.
Meanings of Cistron:
nounA section of a dna or rna molecule that codes for a specific polypeptide in protein synthesis.
Usage examples:
Almost all eukaryotes have multiple copies of their nuclear ribosomal rna cistrons, arranged in a l…
Meanings of Cistrons:
nounA section of a dna or rna molecule that codes for a specific polypeptide in protein synthesis.
Usage examples:
Almost all eukaryotes have multiple copies of their nuclear ribosomal rna cistrons, arranged in a l…
Meanings of Cists:
nounAn ancient coffin or burial chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree.
Usage examples:
He pointed at long flat slabs resting on stone kists.
Meanings of Cistus:
nounA southern european shrub with large white or red flowers, from which the resin ladanum may be extracted.
Usage examples:
Some of the native plants we found growing in the rocky limestone soils of the hills and mountains …
Meanings of Cistuses:
nounA southern european shrub with large white or red flowers, from which the resin ladanum may be extracted.
Usage examples:
Some of the native plants we found growing in the rocky limestone soils of the hills and mountains …
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