Nouns starting with C

• codpiece — Noun – English ～ (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
• codriver — Noun – Danish ～ person der under rallykørsel sidder ved siden af b ...
• codswallop — Noun – English ～ nonsensical talk or writing
• Cody — Noun – English ～ United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
• coeducation — Noun – English ～ education of men and women in the same institutions
• coefficient — Noun – English ～ a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
• coelacanth — Noun – English ～ fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
• Coelenterata — Noun – English ～ hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals
• coelenterate — Noun – English ～ radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
• coelenteron — Noun – English ～ the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
• Coeloglossum bracteatum — Noun – English ～ orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers
• Coeloglossum — Noun – English ～ terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
• coelogyne — Noun – English ～ any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black
• coelom — Noun – English ～ a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
• coelophysis — Noun – English ～ one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
• coelostat — Noun – English ～ optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror
• coenobite — Noun – English ～ a member of a religious order living in common
• coenzyme A — Noun – English ～ a coenzyme present in all living cells; essential to metabolism of carbohydrates and fats and some amino acids
• coenzyme — Noun – English ～ a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes
• coercion — Noun – English ～ using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"

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