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  • contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
  • conus arteriosus — the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
  • counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
  • counter-instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
  • counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
  • counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
  • counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
  • counterirritants — Plural form of counterirritant.
  • counternarcotics — Measures or activities designed to prevent the use or distrubution of iillegal narcotic drugs.
  • counterproposals — Plural form of counterproposal.
  • countersignature — second signature
  • counterstatement — a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
  • course of action — a way of proceeding
  • court of appeals — A Court of Appeals is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
  • couvade syndrome — a psychosomatic condition in which the spouse or partner of a pregnant woman experiences symptoms of childbirth or pregnancy
  • customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
  • cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
  • cut to the chase — If someone cuts to the chase, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things.
  • cute as a button — very sweet, adorable
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • deboursification — (jargon)   Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
  • demolition squad — a group of demolishers
  • demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
  • eastern european — relating to, situated in or coming from Eastern Europe
  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • electroacoustics — a branch of acoustics that deals with the conversion of sound into electricity and vice versa, as in a microphone or a speaker
  • episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
  • escalator clause — a clause in a contract stipulating an adjustment in wages, prices, etc, in the event of specified changes in conditions, such as a large rise in the cost of living or price of raw materials
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • exclusion clause — (in a contract) something that serves to limit liabilities
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
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