c

street names for cocaine ; the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet ; (music) the keynote of the scale of C major ; a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system ; a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second ; a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature ; ten 10s ; an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds ; a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine ; one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) ; the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second ;

c-clamp

a clamp in the shape of the letter C ;

c-horizon

beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock ;

c-note

a United States bill worth 100 dollars ;

c-ration

a canned field ration issued by the United States army ;

c-reactive protein

a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation ;

c-section

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) ;

c. d. gibson

United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944) ;

c. diphtheriae

a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria ;

c. h. best

Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) ;

c. k. ogden

English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957) ;

c. northcote parkinson

British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993) ;

c. p. snow

English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) ;

c. psittaci

bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia ;

c. s. forester

English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) ;

c. s. lewis

English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) ;

c. trachomatis

bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum ;

c. vann woodward

United States historian (1908-1999) ;

c. w. post

United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914) ;

c.p.u.

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached" ;

c2h6

a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel ;

c and w

a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments ;

c battery

battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube ;

c clef

a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff ;

c compiler

a compiler for programs written in C ;

c horizon

beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock ;

c major

(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats ;

c major scale

(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats ;

c program

a program written in C ;

ca

a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes ; a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals ;

caaba

(Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying ;

cab

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money ; small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood ; a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits ;

cab fare

the fare charged for riding in a taxicab ;

cabal

a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) ; a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue ;

cabala

an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries ; an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret ;

cabalism

adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation ; the doctrines of the Kabbalah ;

cabalist

a student of the Jewish Kabbalah ; an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters ; a member of a cabal ;

cabana

a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool ;

cabaret

a series of acts at a night club ; a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" ;

cabasset

a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century ;