| cincture |
a belt, band, or girdle. [3 definitions] |
| cinder |
a small piece of partially burned wood, coal, or the like that can burn further but without a flame. [4 definitions] |
| cinder block |
a partly hollow building block made of concrete and cinders. |
| Cinderella |
the title character of a common European fairy tale, who, with the help of a fairy godmother, escapes a life of misery and marries a prince. [2 definitions] |
| Cinderella story |
an account of a person, athletic team, or the like that achieves sudden, inexplicable success. |
| cinema |
motion pictures generally. [3 definitions] |
| cinematographer |
in a film crew, the main camera operator, who is responsible for lighting, camera angles, and the like. |
| cinematography |
the art or technique of photographing motion pictures. |
| cinéma vérité |
(French) a style of filmmaking in which realism is the objective, accomplished through filming unscripted everyday situations with hand-held cameras. |
| cineraria |
a cultivated plant having heart-shaped leaves and clusters of bright daisylike flowers. [2 definitions] |
| cinerarium |
a place in which the ashes of cremated bodies are deposited. |
| cinnabar |
a reddish mineral that is the main ore of mercury and is sometimes used as a pigment; mercuric sulfide. [2 definitions] |
| cinnamon |
a spice made from the inner bark of any of several tropical Asian trees. [2 definitions] |
| cinquefoil |
any of several plants of the rose family that have compound, often five-lobed, leaves. [2 definitions] |
| cion |
variant of scion. |
| cipher |
the sign 0; naught or zero. [7 definitions] |
| ciprofloxacin |
an antibiotic used in the treatment of bacterial infections. |
| circa |
about; approximately. |
| circadian |
denoting or concerning behavioral or physiological activities that recur at about twenty-four-hour intervals, such as sleep rhythms. |
| Circadian rhythm |
the approximately 24-hour cycle apparent in plants and animals that regulates hormone production, cell regeneration, sleeping and feeding patterns, and the like. [2 definitions] |
| Circe |
in Greek mythology, an enchantress who turns sailors into swine. |