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Meanings of Cymas:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounThe welsh language.
Usage examples:
The closest cognate in the cymraeg "pantheon" would be rhiannon, whose name also translates to "gre…
Meanings of Cymric:
adjectiveWelsh in language or culture.
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Perhaps the book would have gained slightly from showing a keener devotion to the background northu…
nounThe welsh language.
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There is no evidence that their ability to speak the language of their ancestors, in the same way t…
Meanings of Cynanthropy:
nounA form of madness involving the delusion of being a dog, with correspondingly altered behaviour.
Usage examples:
From the illnesses of cynanthropy and lycanthropy, many change into dogs, their eyes become fiery, …
Meanings of Cynebot:
nounA fine to be paid as compensation to the people for the killing of a king.
Meanings of Cynic:
nounA person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.
Usage examples:
Some cynics thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt
Meanings of Cynical:
adjectiveBelieving that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
Usage examples:
He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun
Believing the worst of human nature and motives
Meanings of Cynically:
adverbIn a distrustful way that expresses a belief that people are motivated purely by self-interest.
Usage examples:
Many cynically dismiss the way of peace as naive and impossible
Meanings of Cynicism:
nounAn inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism.
Usage examples:
Public cynicism about change is understandable
Meanings of Cynicisms:
nounAn inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism.
Usage examples:
Public cynicism about change is understandable
Meanings of Cynics:
nounA person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.
Usage examples:
Some cynics thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt
Meanings of Cynodont:
nounA fossil carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the late permian and triassic periods, with well-developed specialized teeth.
Usage examples:
By early triassic times, cynodonts had diverged into large predaceous carnivores such as cynognathu…
Meanings of Cynosure:
nounA person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.
Usage examples:
Kirk was the cynosure of all eyes
Meanings of Cynosures:
nounA person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.
Usage examples:
Kirk was the cynosure of all eyes
Meanings of Cyp:
nounAbbreviation for cytochrome p450: a large group of enzymes that change drugs that are taken into the body, eventually getting rid of them from the body. they may affect how well a particular drug works
Meanings of Cypher:
nounA secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
Usage examples:
He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher
verbPut (a message) into secret writing; encode.
Usage examples:
He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
Meanings of Cyphered:
verbPut (a message) into secret writing; encode.
Usage examples:
He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
Meanings of Cyphering:
verbPut (a message) into secret writing; encode.
Usage examples:
He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
Meanings of Cyphers:
verbA secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
Usage examples:
He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher
nounAnother spelling of cipher
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