| CAMBIFORM | • cambiform adj. (Botany) Resembling the cells of the cambium. • CAMBIFORM adj. shaped like cambium, soft tissue found in trees. |
| CARDAMOMS | • cardamoms n. Plural of cardamom. • Cardamoms prop.n. Synonym of Cardamom Mountains. • CARDAMOM n. a spice consisting of or made from the seed capsules of various Indo-Malayan plants, also CARDAMON, CARDAMUM. |
| CLAMWORMS | • clamworms n. Plural of clamworm. • clam␣worms n. Plural of clam worm. • CLAMWORM n. a marine worm. |
| COMMANDER | • commander n. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization. • commander n. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain. • commander n. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons. |
| COMMISSAR | • commissar n. (Historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible… • commissar n. (Historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat. • commissar n. (Colloquial) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line. Often used semi-humourously. |
| COMMORANT | • commorant adj. (Law) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting. • commorant adj. (US, law) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily. • commorant n. A resident. |
| COMMUNARD | • communard n. A person who lives in a commune. • Communard n. (Historical) A member of the Paris Commune of 1871. • Communard n. (Historical) A supporter of their cause. |
| COSMORAMA | • cosmorama n. (Dated) An exhibition of perspective images of different places in the world, using various optical effects. • COSMORAMA n. a view of different parts of the world. |
| DRAMMOCKS | • DRAMMOCK n. (Gaelic) a mixture of raw meal and water, also DRAMMACH, DRUMMOCK. |
| MACHZORIM | • machzorim n. Plural of machzor. • MACHZOR n. (Hebrew) a Jewish prayer book, also MAHZOR. |
| MACROCOSM | • macrocosm n. (Philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous… • macrocosm n. (Used absolutely) The universe. • MACROCOSM n. a large and complex structure considered as a whole. |
| MACRODOME | • macrodome n. A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. • MACRODOME n. a dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. |
| MACROMERE | • macromere n. A large blastomere. • MACROMERE n. a large blastomere, one of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. |
| MACROMOLE | • MACROMOLE n. in chemistry, a large mole. |
| MICROBEAM | • microbeam n. (Physics) A beam having a small cross section. • MICROBEAM n. a beam of radiation of small cross-section. |
| MICROGRAM | • microgram n. (Metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10-6 grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth… • MICROGRAM n. a millionth of a gram. |