3-letter words starting with C

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• canairtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• cara motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• cuta share of the profits
• crya loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• copuncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• catfeline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• cupa small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
• cosratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• cowfemale of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
• caba compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• capa tight-fitting headdress
• conan argument opposed to a proposal
• cama river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
• chithe circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• cuean actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• cuban awkward and inexperienced youth
• codthe vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• cee
• coxeither of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
• cumthe thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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• cota sheath worn to protect a finger
• coz
• coyaffectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
• coothe sound made by a pigeon
• cola pass between mountain peaks
• cadsomeone who is morally reprehensible
• cawthe sound made by corvine birds
• cobnut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
• coga subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• curan inferior dog or one of mixed breed
• cisan alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
• caya coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
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• cudfood of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
• cwma steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
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