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Cella

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cellnoun(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
cavaediumnoun(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
cellaressnoun(dated) A woman in charge of the cellar in a convent.
caveanounThe seating section of a Greek or Roman theatre or amphitheatre.
cilerynoun(architecture) The ornament carved at the capital of a column
conchanounAny shell-shaped structure:
columelnoun(architecture) A small column.
ciboriumnoun(Christianity) A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
cymenoun(botany) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it.
cathedral closenounAn enclosed precinct surrounding a cathedral.
cubiculumnounA small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
cistnoun(archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
columnellanoun(architecture) A small column
conchnounA marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
cuneusnoun(neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
covenounA small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
metanoun(by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
kellionnounA monastic cell.
catabasionnoun(architecture, religion) A vault under the altar of a Greek church.
cymatiumnoun(architecture) A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).

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