noun pl. C's, c's

1. the third letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of cell or (k) of call
3. a type or impression of c or C
4. the third in a sequence or group
5. an object shaped like

adjective

1. of c or C
2. third in a sequence or group
3. shaped like

noun

1. a Roman numeral for 100: with a superior bar (), 100,000
2. ☆ Educ. a grade indicating average work a C in biology
3. Music
   1. the first tone or note in the scale of C major
   2. a key, string, etc. producing this tone
   3. the scale having this tone as the keynote
   4. the sign for 4/4 time
4. a high-level computer programming language

adjective

1. candle
2. Elec. capacitance
3. Cape
4. carat(s)
5. Baseball catcher
6. cathode
7. Catholic
8. Celsius (or centigrade)
9. cent(s)
10. centavo(s)
11. Sports center
12. centesimo(s)
13. centime(s)
14. centimeter(s)
15. centimo(s)
16. Central
17. century
18. chapter
19. child; children
20. circa
21. cold (on water faucets)
22. College
23. Congress
24. Conservative
25. Math. constant
26. contralto
27. copyright
28. coulomb
29. cup(s)
30. curie
31. cycle(s)
32. cytosine
33. Physics heat capacity

34. Etymology: L centum

    hundredweight