Definition of c

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C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Et

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Mentagra :: Mentagra (n.) Sycosis.
Hyporhachides :: Hyporhachides (pl. ) of Hyporhachi.
Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death..
Blue-bonnet :: Blue-bonnet (n.) A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap; a Scotchman..
Pinnulate :: Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae..
Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.
Breach :: Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense..
Mandibulated :: Mandibulated (a.) Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects..
Subtreasurer :: Subtransparent (a.) Not perfectly transparent.
Milk :: Milk (n.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster..
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
Legality :: Legality (n.) The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Quencher :: Quencher (n.) One who, or that which, quenches..
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Octene :: Octene (n.) Same as Octylene.
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