Nouns starting with C

• chin rest — Noun – English ～ a rest on which a violinist can place the chin
• Christ's Resurrection — Noun – English ～ (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion
• cardiac resuscitation — Noun – English ～ an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation — Noun – English ～ an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
• Citrus reticulata — Noun – English ～ shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
• Cucumis melo reticulatus — Noun – English ～ a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
• Chesapeake Bay retriever — Noun – English ～ American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan
• curly-coated retriever — Noun – English ～ an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water
• carriage return — Noun – English ～ the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
• collector of internal revenue — Noun – English ～ someone who collects taxes for the government
• cyma reversa — Noun – English ～ a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
• critical review — Noun – English ～ an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
• Cycas revoluta — Noun – English ～ dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
• Chinese Revolution — Noun – English ～ the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China; 1911-1912
• Cultural Revolution — Noun – English ～ a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
• Cuban Revolution — Noun – English ～ the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba; 1956-1959
• counter-revolutionist — Noun – English ～ a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus — Noun – English ～ ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
• capital of Rhode Island — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
• Cecil J. Rhodes — Noun – English ～ British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)

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