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C.
1.Calorie.
2.Cape.
3.Catholic.
4.Celsius.
5.Celtic.
6.Centigrade.
7.College.
8.(in Costa Rica and El Salvador) colon; colons.
9.Congress.
10.Conservative.
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c.
1.calorie.
2.Optics. candle; candles.
3.carat.
4.carbon.
5.carton.
6.case.
7.Baseball. catcher.
8.cathode.
9.cent; cents.
10.centavo.
11.Football. center.
12.centigrade.
13.centime.
14.centimeter.
15.century.
16.chairman; chairperson.
17.chapter.
18.chief.
19.child.
20.church.
21.(with a year) about: c. 1775. [Origin: < L circā, circiter, circum]
22.cirrus.
23.city.
24.cloudy.
25.cognate.
26.color.
27.gallon. [Origin: < L congius]
28.copper.
29.copyright.
30.corps.
31.cubic.
32.(in prescriptions) with. [Origin: < L cum]
33.cycle; cycles.
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c.  
abbr.  
  1. capacity
  2. cent
  3. centavo
  4. centime
  5. centimo
  6. chapter
  7. circa
  8. Pharmacology congius (gallon)
  9. copy
  10. copyright
  11. cup

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C.  
abbr.  
  1. cape
  2. Celtic
  3. or c. century
  4. chancellor

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ca·pac·i·ty       (kə-pās'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ca·pac·i·ties
    1. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb.
    2. Abbr. c. A measure of this ability; volume.
    3. Ability to perform or produce; capability.
    4. The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced: factories operating below capacity.
  2. The maximum amount that can be contained: a trunk filled to capacity.
    1. Ability to perform or produce; capability.
    2. The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced: factories operating below capacity.
  4. The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability.
  5. Innate potential for growth, development, or accomplishment; faculty. See Synonyms at ability.
  6. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to specified treatment: the capacity of elastic to be stretched.
  7. The position in which one functions; role: in your capacity as sales manager.
  8. Legal qualification or authority: the capacity to make an arrest.
  9. Electricity Capacitance.

adj.   Filling a space with the most it can hold: a capacity crowd at the concert.


[Middle English capacite, from Old French, from Latin capācitās, from capāx, capāc-, spacious; see capacious.]

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cape 2       (kāp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Abbr. C.
A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.


[Middle English cap, from Old French, from Old Provençal, from Latin caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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cen·tu·ry       (sěn'chə-rē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cen·tu·ries
  1. Abbr. C. or c. or cent.
    1. A period of 100 years.
    2. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era.
    3. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
    4. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
    1. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
    2. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
  3. A group of 100 things.


[Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

cen·tu'ri·al adj., cen'tu·ry·long' adj.
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chan·cel·lor       (chān'sə-lər, -slər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Abbr. C.
  1. Any of various officials of high rank, especially:
    1. A secretary to a monarch or noble.
    2. Chiefly British The chief secretary of an embassy.
    3. The chief minister of state in some European countries.
    4. The president of certain American universities.
    5. Chiefly British The honorary or titular head of a university.
    1. The president of certain American universities.
    2. Chiefly British The honorary or titular head of a university.
  3. Law The presiding judge of a court of chancery or equity in some states of the United States.


[Middle English chaunceler, from Old French chancelier, from Late Latin cancellārius, doorkeeper, from Latin cancellī, bars, latticework; see cancel.]

chan'cel·lor·ship' n.
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cir·ca       (sûr'kə)  Pronunciation Key 
prep.   Abbr. c. or ca
In approximately; about: born circa 1900.


[Latin circā, from circum, around (probably on the model of adverbs like intrā, within), from circus, circle; see circle.]

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con·gi·us       (kŏn'jē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. con·gi·i (-jē-ī')
  1. Abbr. c. or cong. Pharmacology A gallon.
  2. An ancient Roman measure for liquids, equal to about seven eighths of a U.S. gallon (3.3 liters).


[Middle English, a liquid measure, from Latin, from Greek konkhion, diminutive of konkhē, konkhos, shellful.]

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cop·y·right       (kŏp'ē-rīt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Abbr. c. or cop.
The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.

adj.  
  1. Of or relating to a copyright: copyright law; a copyright agreement.
  2. Protected by copyright: permission to publish copyright material.

tr.v.   cop·y·right·ed, cop·y·right·ing, cop·y·rights
To secure a copyright for.

cop'y·right'a·ble adj., cop'y·right'er n.
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cup       (kŭp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
    2. Such a container and its contents.
    3. A cuplike object.
    4. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.
  2. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
  3. The bowl of a drinking vessel.
  4. The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.
  5. A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.
  6. Sports A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.
  7. Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.
  8. An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.
  9. A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine: claret cup.
  10. A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel: fruit cup.
    1. A cuplike object.
    2. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.
  12. A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.

tr.v.   cupped, cup·ping, cups
  1. To place in or as in a cup.
  2. To shape like a cup: cup one's hand.
  3. To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.


[Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cūpa, tub, cask.]

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c.
  1. capacity
  2. cent
  3. centavo
  4. centime
  5. centimo
  6. chapter
  7. Latin circa (in approximately, about)
  8. Latin congius (gallon)
  9. copy
  10. copyright
  11. Latin cum (with)
  12. cup

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C.
  1. cape
  2. Celtic
  3. century
  4. Chancellor

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