Nouns starting with C

• costa — Noun – English ～ a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
• costal cartilage — Noun – English ～ the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration
• costalgia — Noun – English ～ pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs
• costanoan — Noun – English ～ a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay
• Costanoan — Noun – English ～ a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan
• costaricaner — Noun – Danish ～ person fra Costa Rica
• costermonger — Noun – English ～ a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
• costia — Noun – English ～ a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
• costiasis — Noun – English ～ a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin
• costing — Noun – English ～ cost accounting
• costliness — Noun – English ～ the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
• costmary — Noun – English ～ leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings
• costmary — Noun – English ～ tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• costochondritis — Noun – English ～ inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage
• costs — Noun – English ～ pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
• costume — Noun – English ～ unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"
• costume — Noun – English ～ the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
• costume — Noun – English ～ the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
• costume — Noun – English ～ the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"
• costumer — Noun – English ～ someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)

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