Nouns starting with C

• complementary DNA — Noun – English ～ single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
• country doctor — Noun – English ～ a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; "do country doctors still make house calls?"
• church doctrine — Noun – English ～ the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
• cell doctrine — Noun – English ～ (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann
• commercial document — Noun – English ～ a document of or relating to commerce
• corn dodger — Noun – English ～ small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
• Charles Dodgson — Noun – English ～ English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
• carriage dog — Noun – English ～ a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia
• chrysanthemum dog — Noun – English ～ breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails
• chili dog — Noun – English ～ a hotdog with chili con carne on it
• cant dog — Noun – English ～ a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
• coach dog — Noun – English ～ a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia
• common dogbane — Noun – English ～ North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
• Canadian dollar — Noun – English ～ the basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin"
• common dolphin — Noun – English ～ black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water
• Curcuma domestica — Noun – English ～ widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
• cock-a-doodle-doo — Noun – English ～ an imitation of the crow of a cock
• car door — Noun – English ～ the door of a car
• cargo door — Noun – English ～ door used to load or unload cargo
• Cardamine douglasii — Noun – English ～ small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers

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