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  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
  • cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
  • coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • control stick — the lever by which a pilot controls the lateral and longitudinal movements of an aircraft
  • cotton picker — a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
  • cottonpickin' — damned; confounded: That's a cottonpickin' lie.
  • counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
  • counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
  • court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
  • cowl neckline — a neckline of women's clothes loosely folded over and sometimes resembling a folded hood
  • crack cocaine — Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals.
  • crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
  • cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
  • dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
  • decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
  • deptford pink — a plant, Dianthus armeria, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having slender, erect stems and leaves and clusters of small, bright pink flowers.
  • diamond snake — a python, Morelia argus, of Australia and New Guinea, with yellow diamond-shaped markings
  • donkey engine — a small auxiliary engine, such as one used for pumping water into the boilers of a steamship
  • donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
  • drinking song — a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.
  • drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
  • dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
  • duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • fighting cock — a gamecock.
  • firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
  • hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
  • herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
  • honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
  • hook-swinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
  • hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
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