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  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • compression ratio — the ratio of the volume enclosed by the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine at the beginning of the compression stroke to the volume enclosed at the end of it
  • computer confetti — (jargon)   (Or "chad") A common term for punched-card chad, which, however, does not make good confetti, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
  • computer printout — a document that is printed from a computer file
  • computer terminal — a keyboard and computer monitor connected to a computer
  • concertmistresses — Plural form of concertmistress.
  • concurrent euclid — (language, parallel)   A concurrent extension of a subset of Euclid ("Simple Euclid") developed by J.R. Cordy and R.C. Holt of the University of Toronto in 1980. Concurrent Euclid features separate compilation, modules, processes and monitors, signal and wait on condition variables, 'converters' to defeat strong type checking, absolute addresses. All procedures and functions are re-entrant. TUNIS (a Unix-like operating system) is written in Concurrent Euclid.
  • condensing boiler — an energy-efficient boiler that makes use of what would otherwise be waste heat
  • configurationally — With regard to a configuration.
  • confirmation-bias — the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions: Confirmation bias is a major issue when we get all our news from social media sites. Unfortunately, their experimental method was proven invalid due to confirmation bias.
  • confrontationally — In a confrontational way.
  • congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
  • congo-brazzaville — a republic in W Central Africa: formerly the French colony of Middle Congo, part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960; consists mostly of equatorial forest, with savanna and extensive swamps; drained chiefly by the Rivers Congo and Ubangi. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: franc. Capital: Brazzaville. Pop: 4 492 689 (2013 est). Area: 342 000 sq km (132 018 sq miles)
  • congo-kordofanian — Niger-Kordofanian
  • congregationalism — a system of Christian doctrines and ecclesiastical government in which each congregation is self-governing and maintains bonds of faith with other similar local congregations
  • congregationalist — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
  • connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
  • consignment store — a retail store that sells secondhand items on behalf of others and receives a percentage of the sales price.
  • consolation prize — A consolation prize is a small prize which is given to a person who fails to win a competition.
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • conspiratorialist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
  • construction loan — the act or fact of taking out.
  • construction site — the piece of land where a building, etc, is to be located
  • consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
  • consumer spending — the percentage of an economy that is accounted for by what consumers spend
  • content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
  • continental crust — that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
  • continental drift — Continental drift is the slow movement of the Earth's continents towards and away from each other.
  • contingent worker — a temporary or contract worker, especially one hired for one task or project.
  • continuous cutter — any of various machines that can remove coal from the mine face and load it into cars or conveyors.
  • contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
  • contract practice — the medical treatment of a group of persons by a physician or physicians with fees and services mutually agreed upon in advance.
  • contracting party — a person, company, etc, entering into a legal contract
  • contraction joint — a joint between two parts of a structure, designed to compensate for the contraction to which either part may be subject.
  • contradictoriness — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
  • contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
  • contradistinctive — distinction by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
  • contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
  • contraindications — Plural form of contraindication.
  • contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
  • controlling image — a literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of a work or a particular symbol.
  • controversialness — The state or quality of being controversial.
  • convection heater — A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
  • convenience store — A convenience store is a shop which sells mainly food and which is usually open until late at night.
  • convention center — a large civic building or group of buildings designed for conventions, industrial shows, and the like, having large unobstructed exhibit areas and often including conference rooms, hotel accommodations, restaurants, and other facilities.
  • convention centre — a place where conventions are held
  • conversationalist — A good conversationalist is someone who talks about interesting things when they have conversations.
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