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  • branchial pouch — one of a series of rudimentary outcroppings of the inner pharyngeal wall, corresponding to the branchial grooves on the surface.
  • buy-back option — the option for a company to buy some or all of its shares from an investor, who acquired them by putting venture capital into the company when it was formed
  • campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
  • campaign ribbon — a distinctively colored ribbon, either on a small, narrow bar or in the form of a strip, representing a military campaign participated in by the wearer.
  • campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
  • cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
  • capillarization — The formation and development of a network of capillaries to a part of the body; it is increased by aerobic exercise.
  • capital account — A country's capital account is the part of its balance of payments that is concerned with the movement of capital.
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • capitalizations — Plural form of capitalization.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • capitulationist — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
  • cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
  • cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • channel hopping — (chat)   To rapidly switch channels on IRC, or a GEnie chat board. This term may derive from the TV idiom, "channel surfing".
  • channel-hopping — Channel-hopping means switching quickly between different television channels because you are looking for something interesting to watch.
  • chenopodiaceous — belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.
  • chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
  • 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.
  • cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
  • cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
  • coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • commission plan — (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
  • common-isdn-api — Common ISDN Application Programming Interface
  • communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
  • communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
  • companion piece — a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another
  • company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
  • company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
  • comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
  • comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
  • comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
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