Nouns starting with C

• Cypripedium acaule — Noun – English ～ once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America
• Cypripedium calceolus — Noun – English ～ maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
• cyproheptadine — Noun – English ～ an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions
• cyprus — Noun – English ～ a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
• Cyprus — Noun – English ～ an island in the eastern Mediterranean
• Cyril Burt — Noun – English ～ English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)
• Cyril — Noun – English ～ Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
• cyrilla — Noun – English ～ shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
• Cyrilliaceae — Noun – English ～ shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia
• Cyrillic alphabet — Noun – English ～ an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
• cyrillic — Noun – English ～ an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
• Cyrtomium — Noun – English ～ small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
• Cyrtomium aculeatum — Noun – English ～ tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
• Cyrus — Noun – English ～ Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
• cyst — Noun – English ～ a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
• cyst — Noun – English ～ a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
• cysteine — Noun – English ～ an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
• cystic artery — Noun – English ～ a branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver
• cystine — Noun – English ～ a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones
• cystitis — Noun – English ～ inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters

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