1. degree Centigrade, degree Celsius, C -- (a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature).
2. speed of light, light speed, 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 second).
3. deoxycytidine monophosphate, C -- (one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)).
4. cytosine, C -- (a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine).
5. carbon, C, atomic number 6 -- (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds).
6. hundred, 100, C, century, one C, centred -- (ten 10s).
7. coulomb, C, ampere-second -- (a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second).
8. C -- (a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system).
9. C -- (the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet).
10. coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C -- (street names for cocaine).
1. hundred, a hundred, one hundred, 100, c -- (being ten more than ninety).
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