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  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
  • cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
  • chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
  • chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
  • christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
  • chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
  • chromatographic — (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.
  • chromic acetate — a grayish-green, water-soluble powder, Cr(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles.
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
  • circularization — to circulate (a letter, memorandum, etc.).
  • circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
  • circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
  • ciudad trujillo — former name (1936–61) of Santo Domingo.
  • ciudad victoria — a city in E central Mexico, capital of Tamaulipas state. Pop: 285 000 (2005 est)
  • claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
  • cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
  • climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
  • climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
  • closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
  • clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
  • coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
  • cockfight chair — a chair designed to be sat on backward, having a bell seat and a crest rail that serves as an armrest.
  • cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
  • codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
  • cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
  • coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
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