Nouns starting with C

• capital of the Russian Federation — Noun – English ～ a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
• cancer of the liver — Noun – English ～ malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
• cancer of the blood — Noun – English ～ malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
• Cancer the Crab — Noun – English ～ the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
• Cosimo the Elder — Noun – English ～ Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)
• crux of the matter — Noun – English ～ the most important point
• crown-of-the-field — Noun – English ～ European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
• cock of the rock — Noun – English ～ tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
• cock of the rock — Noun – English ～ bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola
• Comptroller of the Currency — Noun – English ～ the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency
• Commonwealth of the Bahamas — Noun – English ～ island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort
• Comptroller of the Currency — Noun – English ～ a United States federal official who regulates the national banks
• Constantine the Great — Noun – English ～ Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
• Congregation of the Inquisition — Noun – English ～ an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants; "it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial"
• coup de theatre — Noun – English ～ a sensational bit of stagecraft
• coup de theatre — Noun – English ～ a highly successful theatrical production
• coup de theatre — Noun – English ～ a dramatic surprise
• Christian theology — Noun – English ～ the teachings of Christian churches
• corpuscular theory — Noun – English ～ (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles
• corpuscular theory of light — Noun – English ～ (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles

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