Common Words

carex

noun

large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and d...

carum

noun

caraway

catha

noun

a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick l...

ccc

adjective

being one hundred more than two hundred

ccrc

noun

an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national ce...

cd8

noun

a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surfa...

cdna

noun

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA o...

cebus

noun

type genus of the Cebidae

ceras

noun

one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike str...

cewa

noun

a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern...

cf.

adverb

compare (used in texts to point the reader to another locati...

cftr

noun

the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis

ch'i

noun

the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is th...

chaga

noun

a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania

chait

noun

the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in th...

chaja

noun

largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Arge...

cicer

noun

chickpea plant; Asiatic herbs

cim

noun

the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordi...

cira

noun

a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clan...

cirio

noun

candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall...

cisc

noun

an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intell...

cive

noun

perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasonin...

clast

noun

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

clews

noun

the cords used to suspend a hammock

cloze

based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze pr...

clx

adjective

being ten more than one hundred fifty

clxv

adjective

being five more than one hundred sixty

clxx

adjective

being ten more than one hundred sixty

clxxv

adjective

being five more than one hundred seventy

clxxx

adjective

being ten more than one hundred seventy

cmb

noun

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fill...

cmbr

noun

(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fill...

cnpz

noun

a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella...

coapt

verb

cause to adhere

cocus

noun

(Greek mythology) one of the Titans

cohoe

noun

small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes

colo.

noun

a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

conoy

noun

a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland...

coosa

noun

river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest...

cotan

noun

ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled...

coyol

noun

tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a use...

cpi

noun

an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical...

crax

noun

type genus of the Cracidae: curassows

crex

noun

corncrakes

crith

noun

the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 m...

cse

noun

Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and...

csis

noun

Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and a...

cst

noun

standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckon...

ct.

noun

a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies

ctc

noun

an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence co...