3-letter words starting with c
- cry — When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- csa — Child Support Agency
- csb — chemical stimulation of the brain
- csc — cosecant
- cse — Certificate of Secondary Education
- csf — cerebrospinal fluid
- csg — constructive solid geometry
- csh — C shell
- csi — crime scene investigation
- csl — 1. Computer Structure Language. A computer hardware description language, written in BCPL. 2. Control and Simulation Language. A language for industrial simulation from Esso and IBM.
- csm — company sergeant-major
- cso — community support officer
- csp — Congregation of Saint Paul
- csr — Colonial Sugar Refining Company
- css — cascading style sheet
- cst — CST is an abbreviation for 'Central Standard Time.'
- csu — (formerly in Britain) Civil Service Union
- csv — Community Service Volunteer
- ctc — city technology college
- cti — 1. (communications) Computer Telephone Integration. 2. (education) Computers in Teaching Initiative. A UK government scheme.
- ctl — 1. Checkout Test language. 2. Compiler Target Language. 3. Computational Tree Logic
- ctn — cotangent
- cto — cancelled to order (of postage stamps); postmarked in sheets for private sale
- ctr — Control Traffic Zone: an area established around an airport to afford protection to aircraft entering or leaving the terminal area
- cts — cents
- ctt — (formerly in Britain) capital transfer tax
- ctu — Conference of Trade Unions
- ctv — Canadian Television Network Limited
- cty — /sit'ee/ or /C-T-Y/ [MIT] The terminal physically associated with a computer's system console. The term is a contraction of "Console tty", that is, "Console TeleTYpe". This ITS- and TOPS-10-associated term has become less common, as most Unix hackers simply refer to the CTY as "the console".
- cua — Common User Access
- cub — A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear.
- cud — partially digested food regurgitated from the first stomach of cattle and other ruminants to the mouth for a second chewing
- cue — In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
- cui — César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cul — (chat) "See you later".
- cum — used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature
- cun — (obsolete) To know.
- cup — A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic.
- cur — A cur is an unfriendly dog, especially a mongrel.
- cus — (informal) because.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- cuz — Cuz is an informal way of saying because.
- cva — cerebrovascular accident
- cvc — The CVC is an added security feature on credit cards, in the form of an extra 3 or 4 numbers printed on the back of the card.
- cvd — cardiovascular disease
- cvo — Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- cvs — (in Britain) Council of Voluntary Service
- cwa — Country Women's Association
- cwi — Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
- cwm — (in Wales) a valley