Nouns starting with C

• cycles/second — Noun – English ～ the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
• Charles Louis de Secondat — Noun – English ～ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
• Commerce Secretary — Noun – English ～ the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce; "the first Commerce Secretary was William C. Redfield who was appointed by Wilson"
• Commerce Secretary — Noun – English ～ the position of the head of the Department of Commerce; "the position of Commerce Secretary was created in 1913"
• Chief Secretary — Noun – English ～ a member of the British Cabinet
• clarinet section — Noun – English ～ the section of a band or orchestra that plays clarinets
• cesarian section — Noun – English ～ the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
• cesarean section — Noun – English ～ the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
• caesarean section — Noun – English ～ the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
• c-section — Noun – English ～ the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
• caesarian section — Noun – English ～ the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
• cross section — Noun – English ～ a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
• cross section — Noun – English ～ a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
• cross section — Noun – English ～ (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
• conic section — Noun – English ～ (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone
• convertible security — Noun – English ～ a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
• collective security — Noun – English ～ a system for international peace
• Communications Security Establishment — Noun – English ～ Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies
• cypress sedge — Noun – English ～ tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
• coriander seed — Noun – English ～ dried coriander seeds used whole or ground

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