Words starting with C

ceanothusAny of the genus Ceanothus of North American buckthorns.
CearleyA surname.
CeasarA surname.
ceaseTo stop.
ceasefireIn warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).
ceaselessWithout an end.
ceaselesslyWithout ceasing.
ceaselessnessThe condition of being ceaseless; endlessness, eternity.
ceasementSynonym of cessation
ceaserOne who ceases; one who stops.
ceasingA cessation.
CeatalchioiA commune of Tulcea County, Romania.
CeausescuA surname in Romanian, Ceaușescu.
CeballoA surname from Spanish.
CeballosA surname from Spanish.
CebalraiBeta Ophiuchi, a star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus.
cebaracetamA drug from the racetam family.
CebesAn ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes.
cebidAny monkey in the family Cebidae.
cebilA South American tree (Anadenanthera colubrina), the bark of which contains tannin and is used in tanning hides.
cebineOf or pertaining to capuchin monkeys.
cebocephalicExhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
cebocephalyA developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
cebochoeridAny of a group of extinct palaeodont artiodactyls of the family †Cebochoeridae
ceboidOf or relating to any member of the superfamily (Ceboidea) of monkeys, believed to have evolved from prosimians isolated in South America, and including the marmosets, capuchins, tamarins, sapajous, and spider monkeys.
cebolliteAn orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
CebonegA barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
CebrerosA surname from Spanish.
cebrionidAny click beetle of the subfamily Cebrioninae
cebrionineOf or relating to the Cebrioninae, a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae.
CebuAn island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.
CebuanOf or relating to Cebu.
CebuanaA barangay of Bato, Leyte, Philippines.
cebuanizeTo make Cebuano, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
cebuanizedMade into a form similar to that used by Cebuanos.
CebuanoPertaining to the Cebuano language or to its speakers.
CebulaA surname from Polish.
cebularzA wheat dough pancake with diced onion and poppy seed, originating in traditional Polish and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
CebulidaA barangay of Laak, Davao de Oro, Philippines.
CebulskiA surname from Polish.
cecaeliaA composite mythical being, combining the head, arms and torso of a woman (more rarely a man) and, from the lower torso down, the tentacles of an octopus or squid as a form of mermaid, sea witch, or sea demon.
CeccarelliA surname from Italian.
CecchiA surname from Italian.
CecchiniA surname from Italian.
CeceA diminutive of the female given name Cecilia.
cecectomizeTo perform a cecectomy
cecectomyA surgical procedure in which the cecum is removed, usually to treat disease or damage in that area.
CeceliaA female given name from Latin, variant of Cecilia.
CecenaA surname.
CecereA surname from Italian.
cechiteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.
CeciA surname from Italian.
cecidialRelating to a cecidium.
cecidiumA gall produced on a plant by infection from insects etc
cecidologistOne who studies cecidology.
cecidologyStudy of plant galls.
cecidomyiidAny gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.
cecidosidAny monotrysian moth of the family Cecidosidae
CecieA diminutive of the female given name Cecily.
cecilA fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
CecileA female given name from Latin.
CeciliaA female given name from Latin.
CeciltonA town in Maryland.
CecilyA female given name from Latin, from the medieval vernacular form of Cecilia.
cecinaSalted, dried meat, especially from León, Spain, and parts of Latin America such as Mexico.
cecityblindness
cecocentralof or relating to the blind spot and the central macular area
cecocolicRelating to or involving the cecum and the colon, often used in surgical or anatomical contexts.
cecogramA letter or parcel containing documents for the blind.
CecotThe Terrorism Confinement Center; a large maximum security prison located in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
cecoureteroceleAn ectopic ureterocele that extends into the urethra but opens into the bladder.
cecropiaA large saturniid moth native to North America, Hyalophora cecropia, having distinctive red, white and black markings on the wings
cecropiaceousOf or relating to the Cecropiaceae.
cecropinAny of a group of antimicrobial peptides that lyse bacterial cell membranes.
cecutiencyPartial blindness, or a tendency toward blindness.
CecyA diminutive of the female given name Cecilia.
CEDCivil Engineering Department
CedanoA surname.
cedarA coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
CedaraA locality near Hilton and Howick, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
cedarbirdThe cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum.
cedaredPlanted with cedars.
CedarhurstA village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States.
cedariiformOf the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a pattern in which the posterior sutures cross the lateral border, then swing inward and backward to meet the posterior margin.
cedarlikeResembling or characteristic of cedar.
cedarnConstituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood.
cedarsThe Lebanon national rugby league team.
cedarstripA type of canoe.
CedarstromA surname
CedartownA city, the county seat of Polk County, Georgia, United States.
CedarvilleA census-designated place in Modoc County, California.
cedarwareArticles made from cedar.
cedarwoodWood of a cedar tree.
cedaryResembling or characteristic of cedar.
cedazuridineA cytidine deaminase inhibitor used in conjunction with decitabine to treat myelodysplastic syndromes.
cedeTo give up; yield to another.
CedeiraA municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
cedelizumabA monoclonal antibody that acts on the immune system and may have applications in preventing organ transplant rejections and in treating autoimmune diseases.
CedenoA surname from Spanish.
cedentThe person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
cederOne who cedes something.
CederbergA mountainous nature reserve in South Africa.
CedermanA surname.
cediThe currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵.
cedillaA diacritical mark ⟨¸⟩ placed beneath a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in the orthographies of many languages, such as under c in Catalan, French and Portuguese to indicate /s/ rather than /k/ (e.g. Catalan força, French menaçant, Portuguese almoço) and in other languages to modify the pronunciation of the letter c (e.g. from /d͡ʒ/ to /t͡ʃ/ in Turkish) or of other letters.
cedillatedHaving a cedilla.
CedilloA surname.
cediranibA potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
cedmataChronic joint pain, especially of the hip-joint.
CedotalA surname from French.
cedraneA bridged bicyclic sesquiterpene that is the basis of many natural products
cedratThe citron tree.
cedrelaAny tree of the genus Cedrela.
cedrelaceousRelating to the plant family Cedrelaceae, now subfamily Cedreloideae in family Meliaceae.
cedreloneThe tetranortriterpenoid ((1S,2aR,3aR,3bR,9aR,9bR,11aS)-1-(furan-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-3b,6,6,9a,11a-pentamethyl-2,2a,6,9a,9b,10,11,11a-octahydronaphtho[1',2':6,7]indeno[1,7a-b]oxirene-4,7(1H,3bH)-dione) found in the Asian tree Toona ciliata
cedreneA rich aromatic oil, C₁₅H₂₄, extracted from oil of red cedar.
CedricA male given name from Welsh.
CedricaA female given name from Cedric.
cedrinA flavonol, derived from specimens of species Cedrus deodara, with IUPAC name (2R,3R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-6-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one.
cedrineOf or relating to the cedar tree.
cedriretcoerulignone
cedrolA sesquiterpene alcohol found in the essential oil of conifers (cedar oil), especially in the cypress and juniper.
CedroneA surname from Italian.
cedrousOf, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae.
cedrylThe univalent radical derived from cedrol
cedulaA community tax certificate, often used as a form of identification in the Philippines.
ceduleA scroll, written document, or schedule.
CedunaA town on Murat Bay, Great Australian Bight, South Australia.
ceduousOf a tree: fit to be felled.
ceduralRelated to ceding.
ceeThe name of the Latin script letter C/c.
ceebsCannot be bothered.
CeeCeeA diminutive of the female given name Cecilia.
CeefaxA simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.
CeenerA rare surname from English
CeesayA surname.
CEFChina Expeditionary Force
cefacetrileA cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefaclorA semisynthetic analogue of the antibiotic cephalosporin.
cefadroxilA broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefalexinA particular oral cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefaloglycinA cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefaloniumA cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefaloramA cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefaloridineA particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefalosporinAny of a group of semisynthetic, broad-spectrum antibiotics related to penicillin
cefalotinA cephalosporin antibiotic.
CefaluA surname.
cefamandoleA particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
cefapirinAn injectable cephalosporin antibiotic.

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