Words starting with C

ctenotusAny skink of the genus Ctenotus.
ctenuchidAny moth in the former family Ctenuchidae, now considered to be the erebid subtribe Ctenuchina.
CtesibianOf or relating to Ctesibius, Ancient Greek inventor and mathematician.
CtesiphonAn ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
CtesiphonianPertaining to Ctesiphon.
ctetologyThe study of the origin of acquired characteristics.
CthulhianOf or relating to Cthulhu.
CthulhicOf, or pertaining to, Cthulhu; monstrous.
CthulhuA gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.
CthulhuesqueReminiscent of Cthulhu; monstrous and terrifying.
CtimeneThe younger sister of Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca.
CTMcolor, temperature, moisture (used to assess skin signs)
cTnICardiac troponin I
CTOA cancelled-to-order postage stamp.
CTWTcooling tower water temperature
CuadraA surname.
CuadradoA surname.
CuadrasA surname from Spanish.
cuadrillaThe team which supports the matador.
CuadrosA surname from Spanish.
cuaguayoteA tree of species Jacaratia mexicana.
cuajiloteThe shaving bush tree (Pseudobombax palmeri).
cuajoa kind of card game, similar to Khanhoo
cualstibiteA trigonal-rhombohedral blue green mineral containing aluminum, antimony, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cuamilA cuamil, (plural: cuamiles), is the term for a slanted field, set atop a mountain slope, in which maize, bean, or squash is farmed. Cuamiles are found on rugged, mountainous areas of west-central Mexico. The word cuamil, comes from the Nahuatl words cuahuitl, which means "tree", and milli which means "heritage".
CuandoA river in south-central Africa, flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip into Zambezi at a quadripoint on the northern border of Botswana.
CuanzaA community in Camacupa municipality, Bié province, Angola.
cuapaoA Chinese Filipino snack food consisting of a slice of asado/char siu meat and other condiments sandwiched between flat steamed mantou bread
cuartaA traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured.
CuartasA surname from Spanish.
CuarteroA municipality of Capiz, Philippines.
cuarteronA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 115 g.
cuartetoAn upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
cuartillaA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.
cuartilloA traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
cuartoA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
cuatrilloAn obsolete letter (Ꜭ, ꜭ) shaped like a 4 with a hook, used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective.
cuatristaSomeone who plays the cuatro.
cuatroAny of several stringed instruments of Latino origin; a Venezuelan ukulele-like instrument with four strings; a Puerto Rican violin-like instrument with ten strings in five courses (most commonly).
cuauchichicineAn alkaloid found in the bark of Garrya laurifolia.
CuautlaA city in Morelos, Mexico.
CuautleA surname.
cubA member of the Cub Scouts.
CubaA country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.
cubageA cubic measurement.
CubalayaA Cuban breed of domestic chicken.
CubamericanCuban-American.
CubanA person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
CubanaA Cuban woman.
CubanadianSomeone who is of both Cuban and Canadian descent.
cubaneOne of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
cubanelleA particular sweet pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.
cubangularResembling the angles of a cube.
CubanismA word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to Cuban Spanish or English
CubanitaA Cuban woman or girl.
cubaniteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.
cubanitoA bloody mary made with rum instead of vodka created in Cuba.
CubanizationThe act or process of making Cuban.
CubanizeTo make Cuban.
CubannessQuality of being Cuban.
CubanoA type of sandwich with pork, ham, and cheese.
CubaoA loose district of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, which roughly includes barangays Socorro, E. Rodriguez, Pinagkaisahan, West Kamias, San Roque, Silangan, Kaunlaran, San Martin de Porres, and Immaculate Concepcion.
cubarithmA small cube having raised points on its faces, used by blind people to perform arithmetic.
cubaticDescribing a liquid crystal in which the molecules have no long-range translational order, but whose orientations have cubic symmetry (pointing along the x-, y- and z-axes with equal probability)
cubationThe act of finding the volume or cubic content of a body; the result thus found.
cubatureThe process of measuring the solid or cubic contents of a body.
CubayA barangay of President Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
CubbaA locality in the Cobar council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
CubbageA surname.
cubbingThe activities of Cub Scouts.
CubbingtonA village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3468).
cubbishReminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
cubbishlyIn a cubbish manner.
cubbishnessThe quality of being cubbish.
CubbisonA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
cubbyA small, confined space.
cubbyholeA small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy, or a safe place for children
cubcamA camera, often in a zoo, usually monitoring the birth or early life of the cubs of a family of mammals.
cubdomThe state of being a cub; cubhood.
cubeA regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
cubebA tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
cubebeneAny of a group of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons present in Piper cubeba berries
cubebinA compound, tetrahydro-3,4-dipiperonylfuran-2-ol, obtained from the cubeb or tailed pepper (Piper cubeba), that has anti-inflammatory activity.
cubedRaised to the third power.
cubefreeNot divisible by a nontrivial cube.
cubefulEnough to fill a cube; an amount that could be placed inside a cube.
cubelandThe office environment, where people work in cubicles.
cubelessWithout a cube.
cubeletA small cube, or one making up part of a larger cube or structure.
cubelikeResembling a cube.
cubemateA coworker who shares the same cubicle.
CubeoA member of the ethnic group(s) in Vaupés Department, Colombia which traditionally speak(s) this language.
cuberAny device designed to cut things into cubes.
CuberoA surname.
cuberowSynonym of Ethiopian wolf.
CubertA village and civil parish south of Newquay, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7857).
cubesTesticles.
CubeSatA standard, low-cost miniature satellite formed of small cubes.
cubescapeA landscape constructed from cubes.
cubesortA parallel sorting algorithm that builds a self-balancing multidimensional array from the keys to be sorted.
cubewanoAny Kuiper belt object whose orbit is not determined by resonance with Neptune (orbit ~ 40-50 AU).
cubeyResembling a cube; cuboid.
cubfurA furry character that is a cub.
cubhoodthe state of being a cub
cubicUsed in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
cubicaA fine unglazed fabric resembling shalloon.
cubicalOf or pertaining to a cube; cubic.
cubicallyIn a cubic manner
cubicalnessThe state or quality of being cubical.
cubichnialRelating to a cubichnion.
cubichnionA trace fossil formed by an organism temporarily resting.
cubicityThe property of being cubic.
cubicleA small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
cubicledFitted with, or divided into, cubicles.
cubiclelikeResembling or characteristic of a cubicle.
cubiclizeTo divide (a hospital wing, dormitory, or the like) into cubicles.
cubicovarianta covariant of a cubic form
cubicuboctahedronEither of two star polyhedra whose square faces are parallel to a square and whose triangular faces are parallel to those of an octahedron
cubicularBelonging or relating to a bedchamber or bedroom.
cubiculumA small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
cubieOne of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
cubiformHaving the shape of a cube
cubileThe lowest course of stones in a building.
cubilinA protein that plays a role in vitamin B₁₂ absorption.
CubillasA surname from Spanish.
cubiloseThe salivary secretion various swift species use to make their nests, used as a food item in Asian cuisine.
cubinderA cubical cylinder (four-dimensional analog of a cylinder)
cubingThe activity of solving the Rubik's cube.
cubinvariantan invariant of a cubic form
cubismAn artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
cubistA player of Rubik's cube; a cuber.
cubisticOf, pertaining to, or in the style of cubism.
cubisticallyIn a cubistic manner.
cubitThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
cubitainerA semirigid cubical plastic container, typically used within a cardboard box.
cubitalOf or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
cubitedMeasuring the specified number of cubits.
cubitiereThe part of a suit of armor that protects the elbow; an elbow plate; an elbow guard.
cubitocarpalRelating to the cubit and carpus.
CubitopolisThe Warwick Square and Eccleston Square districts of London, England.
cubitoradialRelating to the cubit and radius.
CubittAn English surname.
cubitusThe ulna.
cubizationConversion to cubic form
cublessWithout a cub or cubs.
cubletA little cub.
cublikeResembling or characteristic of a cub.
cublingA little cub.
cubmasterA Scoutmaster who leads a group of Cub Scouts.
cuboargyriteAn isometric-hexoctahedral grayish black mineral containing antimony, silver, and sulfur.

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