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Caucasic
- adjective - of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages"
Causerie
- noun - Informal essay typically on a literary subject.
- light informal conversation for social occasions
Cecropia
- noun - large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
- North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
Cenozoic
- adjective - approximately the last 63 million years
- of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era
Centesis
- noun - (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
Centroid
- noun - points where medians of triangles intersect
- the center of mass of an object of uniform density
Cephalic
- adjective - of or relating to the head
Cephalin
- - One of a group of phospholipids (nitrogenous phosphorized fatty substances), present in all living cells and particularly evident in nervous tissue. The cephalins consist of glycerol phosphate in which the two free hydroxyls of the glycerol are esterified with fatty acids, and the phosphate forms an ester linkage to the hydroxyl of ethanolamine. The phosphate may be linked to the alpha (end) or beta (middle) hydroxyl of the glycerol portion. The natural isomers are of the alpha form, and have the general formula R.O.CH2.CHOR, where R and R
Ceratoid
- unknown - hornlike in nature; resembling corneal tissue
Cercaria
- noun - tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage