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  • continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.
  • contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
  • contrapositive — placed opposite or against
  • contraventions — Plural form of contravention.
  • conversational — Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
  • conversion van — a van for utility use that has been customized with a luxury interior
  • cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
  • coordinateness — The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
  • cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • cotton stainer — any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae
  • council estate — a housing development built by a local council
  • counteractions — Plural form of counteraction.
  • counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
  • cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
  • creatureliness — creatural.
  • creditableness — The state or quality of being creditable.
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • cross reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
  • cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
  • cross trainers — training shoes for doing cross training
  • cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
  • crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
  • cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • curtain raiser — a short play preceding a main play.
  • curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  • curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • cutis anserina — goose bumps.
  • cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
  • daisy fleabane — a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.
  • daniel websterDaniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
  • dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • david d'angers — (born Pierre Jean David) 1788?-1856; Fr. sculptor
  • de-designation — an act of designating.
  • dead president — a banknote
  • death benefits — Death benefits are the amount of money that an insurance policy will pay upon the death of the person whose life is being insured.
  • death instinct — the destructive or aggressive instinct, based on a compulsion to return to an earlier harmonious state and, ultimately, to nonexistence
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • dechristianize — to make non-Christian
  • decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
  • decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
  • decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
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