| Noun | 1. | C - a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperaturedegree - a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" |
| 2. | c - the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per secondconstant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant" |
| 3. | C - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)nucleotide - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) |
| 4. | C - a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guaninedeoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules" ribonucleic acid, RNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses" pyrimidine - any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine |
| 5. | C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compoundsfullerene - a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter char - a charred substance charcoal, wood coal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air carbon black, lampblack, smut, soot - a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink activated carbon, activated charcoal - powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period adamant, diamond - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals |
| 6. | C - ten 10s |
| 7. | C - a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 secondcharge unit, quantity unit - a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) abcoulomb - a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs |
| 8. | C - a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system |
| 9. | C - the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabetLatin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe |
| 10. | C - street names for cocainecocain, cocaine - a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive |
| Adj. | 1. | c - being ten more than ninetycardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |