Words in english starting with C

• Chenopodium rubrum — Noun – English ～ common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States
• Canis rufus — Noun – English ～ reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America
• carpenter's rule — Noun – English ～ a rule used by a carpenter
• Count Rumford — Noun – English ～ English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
• chicken run — Noun – English ～ an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
• cotton rush — Noun – English ～ any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
• common rush — Noun – English ～ tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
• charlotte russe — Noun – English ～ lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream
• cedar-apple rust — Noun – English ～ rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc
• capital of Rwanda — Noun – English ～ the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda
• C. S. Lewis — Noun – English ～ English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
• C. S. Forester — Noun – English ～ English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
• Cervantes Saavedra — Noun – English ～ Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
• Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus — Noun – English ～ common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail
• Cape Sable — Noun – English ～ a cape at the southwest tip of Florida; the southernmost part of the United States mainland
• Cape Sable — Noun – English ～ a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia
• counter-sabotage — Noun – English ～ counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage
• cul de sac — Noun – English ～ a street with only one way in or out
• cul de sac — Noun – English ～ a passage with access only at one end
• Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade — Noun – English ～ French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)

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