Nouns starting with C

• critter sitter — Noun – English ～ someone left in charge of pets while their owners are away from home
• carcinoma in situ — Noun – English ～ a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
• common pond-skater — Noun – English ～ a variety of water strider
• cross-country skiing — Noun – English ～ the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill)
• Cornelia Otis Skinner — Noun – English ～ United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)
• Catharacta skua — Noun – English ～ large brown skua of the northern Atlantic
• C-skål — Noun – Danish
• clean slate — Noun – English ～ an opportunity to start over without prejudice
• Church Slavic — Noun – English ～ the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
• city slicker — Noun – English ～ a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
• cellular slime mold — Noun – English ～ differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle
• cover slip — Noun – English ～ a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
• common lady's-slipper — Noun – English ～ pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip
• carpet slipper — Noun – English ～ low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors
• clustered lady's slipper — Noun – English ～ clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado
• California lady's slipper — Noun – English ～ often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California
• continental slope — Noun – English ～ the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
• coin slot — Noun – English ～ a slot through which coins can be inserted into a slot machine
• capital of Slovakia — Noun – English ～ capital and largest city of Slovakia
• cytologic smear — Noun – English ～ a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

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