All Words Glossary Glossary of Biological Terms beginning with letter C Browse the Biological Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z canal noun A channel which connects one body of water to another. A waterway used for transportation of vessels, especially a manmade one. A tubular channel within the body. capitate noun (anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist. adjective (anatomy) Having a large and globular tip. (botany) Forming a dense cluster. cellular noun (context, US, informal) A cellular phone (mobile phone). adjective Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells. chemotropism noun the movement or growth of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus cladistics noun (systematics): An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphy, synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorhy, symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics). class noun (es, -) (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' . : Often used to imply membership of a large class. :: This word has a whole of metaphoric extensions. (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class. (uncountable) The division of society into classes. Jane Austen's works deal with in 18th-century England. (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance. Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real . (context, countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher. The was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story. A series of classes covering a single subject. I took the cooking for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot. (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class. The of 1982 was particularly noteworthy. (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation. I used to fly business , but now my company can only afford economy. (context, biology, taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank Magnolias belong to the Magnoliopsida. (computing) A set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior. (math) A collection of sets definable by a shared property. The of all sets is not a set. verb (classes, classing, classed) (transitive) To assign to a class. I would this with most of the other mediocre works of the period. adjective (context, UK, slang) great; fabulous classification noun The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. clastic adjective made up from parts that are easily removable (geology) (of rock) made from fragments of pre-existing rocks clathrate noun (chemistry) a clathrate compound adjective (biology) having a lattice-like structure (chemistry) of an inclusion complex in which molecules of one compound are enclosed within the crystal structure of another cline noun (biology) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group. Any graduated continuum. 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, p. 412 : This account effectively reconstructs the well-known grammaticalisation from anaphora to agreement, … clock noun An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece. The odometer of a motor vehicle. This car has over 300,000 miles on the . (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuit, digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules. verb (transitive) To measure the duration of. (transitive) To measure the speed of. He was clocked at 155 miles per hour. (context, transitive, slang) To hit (someone) When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him. (slang) To take notice of. Clock the wheels on that car! (context, UK, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle. I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked. coat noun (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint. (countable) The fur or feathers of animal. (context, uncountable, nautical) canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather) verb To cover with a coat of some material One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones. To cover as a coat. cohort noun a group of people a demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group any division of a Roman legion; normally of about 500 men congener noun A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another (chemistry) Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character. conspecific noun An organism belonging to the same species as another adjective (systematics): Of, or belonging to the same species convergence noun the act of moving toward union or uniformity. a meeting place We built a homestead at the of two rivers the intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT (mathematics) the process of approaching some limiting value (physiology) the coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range (biology) the evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution the merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole (ex AT&T buying out every other company to have a monopole as they did in the 1980's and have succeeded into doing once more after the recent purchase of cingular.) correlative noun Either of two correlative things. (grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbal form, in Esperanto regularly formed, indicating which?, that, some, none, and every, as applied to people, things, type, place, manner, reason, time, or quantity, as: kiu "who" (which person?), iu "someone" (some person), tie "there" (that place), ĉie "everywhere" (all places), etc. adjective mutually related; corresponding corticate adjective sheathed in bark or in a cortex. Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:   Translate Into: Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 5 10 15 20 25 50 100 250 500 results per page.

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