Nouns starting with C

• canon — Noun – English ～ a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
• canon — Noun – English ～ a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
• canon — Noun – English ～ a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
• canonisation — Noun – English ～ (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
• canonist — Noun – English ～ a specialist in canon law
• canonization — Noun – English ～ (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
• canopus — Noun – English ～ supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
• canopy — Noun – English ～ a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
• canopy — Noun – English ～ the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
• canopy — Noun – English ～ the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
• cant — Noun – English ～ a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
• cant — Noun – English ～ a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
• cant — Noun – English ～ two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
• cant — Noun – English ～ stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
• cant — Noun – English ～ insincere talk about religion or morals
• Cantabrigian — Noun – English ～ a resident of Cambridge
• cantala — Noun – English ～ Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
• cantala — Noun – English ～ hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants
• cantaloup — Noun – English ～ the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
• cantaloup — Noun – English ～ a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh

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