Nouns starting with C

• cowper — Noun – English ～ English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
• Cowper — Noun – English ～ English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)
• cowpie — Noun – English ～ fecal matter of a cow
• cowpoke — Noun – English ～ a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
• cowpox — Noun – English ～ a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
• cowpuncher — Noun – English ～ a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
• cowrie — Noun – English ～ any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
• cowry — Noun – English ～ any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
• cows — Noun – English ～ domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
• cowshed — Noun – English ～ a barn for cows
• cowskin — Noun – English ～ leather made from the hide of a cow
• cowslip — Noun – English ～ swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
• cowslip — Noun – English ～ early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
• cowtown — Noun – English ～ a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America
• cox — Noun – English ～ the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
• Cox-1 — Noun – English ～ an enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys; "an unfortunate side effect of NSAIDs is that they block Cox-1"
• cox-2 — Noun – English ～ an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever; "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2"
• Cox — Noun – English ～ either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
• coxa — Noun – English ～ the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
• coxcomb — Noun – English ～ a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

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