Words in english starting with C

• Capricorn the Goat — Noun – English ～ the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
• capital of The Netherlands — Noun – English ～ an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
• capital of the Philippines — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon
• Canute the Great — Noun – English ～ king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
• capital of the Dominican Republic — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic; "Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere"
• 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

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