Nouns in english starting with C

• canticles — Noun – English ～ an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
• cantilever bridge — Noun – English ～ bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle
• cantilever — Noun – English ～ projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
• cantillation — Noun – English ～ liturgical chanting
• cantle — Noun – English ～ the back of a saddle seat
• canto — Noun – English ～ the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
• canto — Noun – English ～ a major division of a long poem
• canton — Noun – English ～ a small administrative division of a country
• canton — Noun – English ～ a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
• cantonese — Noun – English ～ the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
• cantonment — Noun – English ～ temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
• cantor — Noun – English ～ the musical director of a choir
• cantor — Noun – English ～ the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
• canuck — Noun – English ～ informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular
• canulation — Noun – English ～ the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
• canulisation — Noun – English ～ the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
• canulization — Noun – English ～ the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
• canute — Noun – English ～ king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
• Calidris canutus — Noun – English ～ a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
• canvas — Noun – English ～ a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

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