| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cyanic | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen., Of or pertaining to a blue color. |
| cyanin | noun | The blue coloring matter of flowers; — called also anthokyan and anthocyanin. |
| cyclas | noun | A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made. |
| cycled | imp. & past participle | of Cycle |
| cyclic | adjective | Alt. of Cyclical |
| cyclo- | A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel. | |
| cyclop | noun | See Note under Cyclops, 1. |
| cygnet | noun | A young swan. |
| cygnus | noun | A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan. |
| cymbal | noun | A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller., A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; — used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together., A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings. |
| cymene | noun | A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; — called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen. |
| cymoid | adjective | Having the form of a cyme. |
| cymose | adjective | Alt. of Cymous |
| cymous | adjective | Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes. |
| cymric | adjective | Welsh., The Welsh language. |
| cymule | noun | A small cyme, or one of very few flowers. |
| cypher | noun & verb | See Cipher. |
| cypres | noun | A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law. |
| cypris | noun | A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus. |
| cyprus | noun | A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. |
| cysted | adjective | Inclosed in a cyst. |
| cystic | adjective | Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa., Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma., Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. |
| cystid | noun | One of the Cystidea. |
| cystis | noun | A cyst. See Cyst. |
| cytode | noun | A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present. |
| cytoid | adjective | Cell-like; — applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc. |
| cytula | noun | The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed. |