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  • change ringing — the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.
  • change-ringing — the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed
  • channelization — the action or process of channelizing
  • chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
  • chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
  • characterising — Present participle of characterise.
  • characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charitableness — (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  • charles darwin — Charles (Robert) 1809–82, English naturalist and author.
  • charles's wain — Big Dipper
  • chase pointers — (programming)   To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
  • chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemotaxonomic — of or relating to chemotaxonomy
  • chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
  • chicago window — a composite window, horizontal in character, consisting of a large, fixed sheet of glass between two vertical windows with sash for ventilation, first popularized in commercial buildings in Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s.
  • chicken breast — pigeon breast
  • chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
  • chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
  • child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
  • children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
  • chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • china wood oil — tung oil
  • chinese banana — a large southern Chinese plant, Musa acuminata, of the banana family, having blue-green leaves, yellowish-white flowers with reddish-brown bracts, and fragrant, edible, curved fruit from 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) long, often borne in clusters of 200.
  • chinese leaves — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
  • chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
  • chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
  • chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • chloritization — a conversion into or a substitution by chlorite
  • chloroplatinic — of or derived from chloroplatinic acid.
  • chlorothalonil — a crystalline compound, C 8 Cl 4 N 2, used as a fungicide on vegetable crops, peanuts, and lawns, and as a preservative in adhesives and paints.
  • chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
  • chondrichthian — any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes.
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • chondromalacia — degeneration of cartilage in the knee, usually caused by excessive wear between the patella and lower end of the femur.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
  • christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
  • christian year — a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.
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