Words in english starting with C

• cycle — Noun – English ～ a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
• cycle — Noun – English ～ a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "Schubert's song cycles"
• cycle — Noun – English ～ a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
• Carnot cycle — Noun – English ～ a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat
• carbon cycle — Noun – English ～ a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars
• cardiac cycle — Noun – English ～ the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles; "the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram"
• carbon cycle — Noun – English ～ the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
• citric acid cycle — Noun – English ～ in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
• cyclic — Adjective – English ～ conforming to the Carnot cycle
• cyclic — Adjective – English ～ recurring in cycles
• cyclic — Adjective – English ～ forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"
• cyclic — Adjective – English ～ of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
• cyclic — Adjective – English ～ marked by repeated cycles
• cyclical — Adjective – English ～ recurring in cycles
• cyclicity — Noun – English ～ the quality of recurring at regular intervals
• cycling — Noun – English ～ the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle
• Cycliophora — Noun – English ～ tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta
• cyclist — Noun – English ～ a person who rides a bicycle
• cyclobenzaprine — Noun – English ～ muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury
• cyclohexanol — Noun – English ～ a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor

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