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  • chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
  • chromosome map — a graphic representation of the positions of genes on chromosomes, obtained by observation of chromosome bands or by determining the degree of linkage between genes
  • chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
  • church of rome — the Roman Catholic Church
  • cimarron-river — a river flowing E from NE New Mexico to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. 600 miles (965 km) long.
  • cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
  • cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
  • cinemicrograph — a motion picture filmed through a microscope.
  • circumferentor — an instrument that measures the circumference of a tyre
  • circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)
  • coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
  • colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
  • columbia river — a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
  • coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • come a cropper — If you say that someone has come a cropper, you mean that they have had an unexpected and embarrassing failure.
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
  • come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
  • comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
  • comfort letter — an informal statement assuring the financial soundness or backing of a company.
  • command-driven — pertaining to or denoting a software program whose instructions to perform specified tasks are issued by the user as typed commands in predetermined syntax (contrasted with menu-driven).
  • commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
  • commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
  • commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
  • commercial art — graphic art for commercial uses such as advertising, packaging, etc
  • commercial law — business law
  • commercialised — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • commercialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialise.
  • commercialized — spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded
  • commercializer — to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality: to commercialize one's artistic talent.
  • commercializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialize.
  • commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
  • commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
  • commodore 1010 — (storage)   A 3.5-inch floppy disk drive for the Amiga.
  • commodore 1541 — (storage)   The best known floppy disk drive for the Commodore 64. The 1541 was a single-sided 160 Kb drive but converting to flippy disks would give another 160 Kb. The disk drive used Group Code Recording and contained a 6502 processor as a disk controller. Some people wrote code for it to vibrate the head at different frequencies to play tunes. The transfer rate was about 300 bytes per second. The 1541 used a bit-serial version of the IEEE 488 parallel protocol. Some third-party speed-ups could transfer about 4 kilobytes per second over the interface, and some "fast loaders" managed up to 10 kbps. The Commodore 1570 was an upgraded 1541 for use with the Commodore 128.
  • commodore 1570 — (storage)   Commodore Business Machines's allegedly "advanced" disk drive for use with the C128. It is basically a 1541 with the capability to use "burst loading" (like the Commodore 1571), and lots of new bugs. The Commodore 1571 was a double-sided version of the 1570.
  • commodore 1571 — (storage)   Commodore Business Machines's "advanced" disk drive for the C128. It was the double-sided version of the Commodore 1570 disk drive but, unlike the 1570, worked quite well. The 1571 supported "burst mode" loading when used on a C128 in native mode, which increased the transfer speed from 1541 speed to about three kilobytes per second (about a 10-fold increase). The 1571 could be told to emulate a 1541 for use with a C64 or 1541 disks. Bugs in early releases of the 1571 ROM affected access to the second side of the disk.
  • commodore 1581 — (storage)   Commodore Business Machines's 3.5 inch disk drive for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128. The drive stores 800 kilobytes using an MFM format which is different from both messy-dos 720 kb, and the Amiga 880 kb formats. The 1581 supports a poor imitation of directories which are really just partitions and largely unused. It also supports burst loading like the Commodore 1571, but is actually faster as it is better designed. It has 3160 blocks free when formatted. The 1581 is the highest density C64 serial bus drive made by Commodore. However Creative Micro Designs (CMD) make the FD2000 (1.6MB) and (until recently) the FD4000 (3.2MB) 3.5" disk drives. GEOS users like 1581s as they are very fast when used with GEOS. See also Commodore 1541, Commodore 1571.
  • commodore 64dx — Commodore 65
  • commodore sx64 — (computer)   A "portable" Commodore 64. Shaped vaguely like a seat cushion, this cumbersome experiment in transportable computers had a detachable keyboard on one end which, when removed, revealed a 6" monitor and a 5 1/4" floppy disk drive. The curious combination of a bulky design and microscopic display are the most likely cause for the SX64's discontinuation.
  • common carrier — a person or firm engaged in the business of transporting goods or passengers
  • common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
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