Words that start with C

Cis forConcert

A concert is a public performance of music, usually by a band or some other group of musicians. Some concerts will have many hundreds of people in the audience.

Musical words

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Concrete is a something you can use to make roads, buildings, parts of houses and fences out of. Concrete is used more than any other building material. Concrete is made from cement, gravel, lime, sand and water. It starts as a dry mix of all the powders, and after water is added it will go hard within a matter of hours from a chemical reaction.

Materials

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Cis forCondensation

Condensation forms when water vapour hits a cool surface and turns back into water. You often see condensation on a cold drink bottle, or on the inside of your windows on a cold morning. Condensation outside is often called dew.

Science

Mike Mozart / CC BY-SA

Cis forConditioner

Conditioner is something you put in your hair after you shampoo it to make your hair nice and soft and shiny.

List of bathroom items

Valdiney Pimenta / CC BY-SA

Cis forCondor

Scientific name: vultur gryphus or gymnogyps californianus

Condors are a type of vulture found in the Andes and the Californian mountains. They are one of the largest birds in the world. They can live to 50 years old in the wild, and have a wingspan of up to 3 metres. They spend a lot of their time soaring through the air looking for large dead animals to eat.

Birds

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Cis forConductor

A conductor is someone who directs an orchestra or other group of musicians or singers by gestures, usually by waving their hands in a special way, or waving a small stick called a baton.

Jobs, Musical words

Maxwell Hamilton / CC BY-SA

Cis forCone

A cone is a shape with a round bottom that gets smaller as it goes until it reaches a point. If you cut a slice through a cone parallel to the bottom, it will be the same shape as the bottom. If you cut a slice through the cone vertically going through the top point, you will get a triangle. Many things are cone shaped. volcanos tend to be cone-shaped, pinecones and pine trees like the ones in the picture are cone-shaped, and of course traffic cones are cone shaped.

Shapes

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Cis forConfident

You are confident if you are feeling sure about yourself and your abilities. You believe you can do something well, even when it is new or challenging. People use the word when they talk about people who look or sound like they are sure of themselves.

Adjectives, Positivity

Steve Jurvetson / CC BY-SA

Cis forConifer

Scientific name: division: pinophyta

Conifers are a large group of plants, with around 630 species. They are mostly trees but some conifers are shrubs. Conifers typically have needle-like leaves and their seeds form in cones. Some examples of conifers are pine trees, firs, cedars, cypresses, junipers and yews.

Conifers