Words in english starting with C

• cardinal number — Noun – English ～ the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
• call number — Noun – English ～ a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
• compound number — Noun – English ～ a quantity expressed in two different units; "one hour and ten minutes"
• complex number — Noun – English ～ (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
• composite number — Noun – English ～ an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one
• Catocala nupta — Noun – English ～ moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings
• cashew nut — Noun – English ～ kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
• coquilla nut — Noun – English ～ nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory
• Chilean nut — Noun – English ～ Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
• Chile nut — Noun – English ～ Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
• cembra nut — Noun – English ～ the seed of the Swiss pine
• cedar nut — Noun – English ～ the seed of the Swiss pine
• coumara nut — Noun – English ～ fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
• cola nut — Noun – English ～ bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract
• cohune nut — Noun – English ～ nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts
• Carduus nutans — Noun – English ～ Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
• Clark's nutcracker — Noun – English ～ nutcracker of the western United States
• common nutcracker — Noun – English ～ Old World nutcracker
• California nutmeg — Noun – English ～ California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
• Calochortus nuttallii — Noun – English ～ perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico

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