c : Idioms & Phrases
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a b c
A B C"
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The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet. -
A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading. Obs. -
The simplest rudiments of any subject; Shak.as, the .A B C of finance
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c and w
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noun a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
country music; country and western.
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c battery
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noun battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
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c clef
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noun a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
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c compiler
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noun a compiler for programs written in C
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c horizon
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noun beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
C horizon.
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c major
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noun (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
C major; C major scale.
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c major scale
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noun (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
C major; C major scale.
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c program
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noun a program written in C
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C spring
- a spring in the form of the letter C.
Webster 1913
c-clamp
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noun a clamp in the shape of the letter C
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c-horizon
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noun beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
C horizon.
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c-note
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noun a United States bill worth 100 dollars
hundred dollar bill.
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c-ration
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noun a canned field ration issued by the United States Army
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c-reactive protein
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noun a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
CRP.
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c-section
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noun the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
cesarian section; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarian; cesarean section; caesarian; cesarean delivery; abdominal delivery; caesarean delivery; caesarean; caesarean section.
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chlorophyll c
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noun the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates
chlorofucin.
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cs gas
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noun a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema
chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile.
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cytochrome c
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noun the most abundant and stable cytochrome; involved in energy transfer
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d and c
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noun a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion
dilatation and curettage; dilation and curettage.
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hepatitis c
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noun a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)
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ibda-c
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noun a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front.
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middle c
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noun the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz
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one c
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noun ten 10s
100; hundred; C; century.
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scale of c major
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noun (music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
C major; C major scale.
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super c
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noun street names for ketamine
jet; honey oil; K; super acid; green; cat valium; special K.
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vitamin c
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noun a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
C; ascorbic acid.