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  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
  • chowderhead — a fool or an idiot
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
  • chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
  • chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
  • chrome dome — a baldheaded person.
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chrome-dome — a baldheaded person.
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
  • chromogenic — producing colour
  • chromomeres — Plural form of chromomere.
  • chromomeric — relating to chromomeres or pieces of chromatin that are part of a chromosome
  • chromometer — An instrument that compares the colour of something with a reference standard.
  • chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
  • chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
  • chromophore — a group of atoms in a chemical compound that are responsible for the colour of the compound
  • chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
  • chromosomes — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • chroniclers — Plural form of chronicler.
  • chronologer — A chronologist.
  • chronometer — A chronometer is an extremely accurate clock that is used especially by sailors at sea.
  • chronometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer.
  • chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
  • chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
  • chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
  • chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
  • chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
  • chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
  • chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
  • chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
  • chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
  • chug report — (humour)   From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
  • church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
  • churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
  • churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
  • chyliferous — containing chyle
  • chymiferous — containing chyme
  • citizenhood — The state of being a citizen.
  • clean house — to clean and put a home in order
  • cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
  • clinochlore — a mineral similar to chlorite in appearance
  • clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
  • close reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
  • close shave — a narrow escape
  • closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
  • closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
  • cloth-eared — deaf
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