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Ceria
- noun - Cerium (Ce) a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
Ceric
- adjective - of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4
Cerin
- - A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Cirio
- noun - candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
Coria
- noun - the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
Curia
- noun - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
- a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
Curie
- noun - a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
- French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
- Unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7x1010 disintegrations per second
Curio
- noun - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Cyril
- noun - Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
Daric
- - A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer. (b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.