cyanide

noun

(a deadly type of poison.) cianură

cycle

verb

(to go by bicycle: He cycles to work every day.) a merge cu bicicleta

2. noun

(shortened form of bicycle: They bought the child a cycle for his birthday.) bicicletă

- cyclist

noun

1) (a number of events happening one after the other in a certain order: the life-cycle of the butterfly.) ciclu

2) (a series of poems, songs etc written about one main event etc: a song cycle.) ciclu

3) ((of alternating current, radio waves etc) one complete series of changes in a regularly varying supply, signal etc.) ciclu

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- cyclic

- cyclically

cyclic

adjective ciclic

cyclically

adverb ciclic

cyclist

noun (a person who rides a bicycle.) (bi)ciclist

cyclone

noun

(a violent wind-storm: The cyclone ripped the roofs off houses and tore up trees.) ciclon

cygnet

['siɡnit]

noun

(a young swan: a swan with three cygnets.) pui de lebădă

cylinder

['silində]

noun

1) (a solid shape or object with a circular base and top and straight sides.) cilindru

2) (any of several pieces of machinery of this shape, solid or hollow: The brake cylinder of his car is leaking.) cilindru; tambur

3) (a container in the shape of a cylinder: two cylinders of oxygen.) tub, butelie

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- cylindrical

cylindrical

adjective (shaped like a cylinder: A beer-can is cylindrical.) cilindric

cymbal

['simbəl]

noun

(a brass musical instrument like a plate with a hollow in the centre, two of which are struck together to produce a noise: The cymbals clashed.) talger

cynic

noun (a person who believes the worst about everyone: He is a cynic - he thinks no-one is really unselfish.) cinic

cynical

['sinikəl]

adjective

(inclined to believe the worst, especially about people: a cynical attitude.) cinic

- cynic

cynically

cynicism

cypress

noun

(a type of evergreen tree.) chiparos

cyst

[sist]

noun

(a kind of liquid-filled blister on an internal part of the body or just under the skin.) chist