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  • commercialization — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
  • committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
  • committee meeting — a meeting of a committee
  • common storksbill — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process
  • communication gap — a lack of communication
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • community college — A community college is a local college where students from the surrounding area can take courses in practical or academic subjects.
  • community council — (in Scotland and Wales) an independent voluntary local body set up to attend to local interests and organize community activities
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • community singing — singing, esp of hymns, by a large gathering of people
  • commuter airplane — air taxi.
  • compartmentalised — Simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalise.
  • compartmentalized — separated into several discrete areas
  • compartmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize.
  • compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
  • compassionateness — The state or quality of being compassionate.
  • compilation album — a musical recording consisting of works chosen for a particular purpose or theme
  • complementariness — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementarities — Plural form of complementarity.
  • complimentariness — The state or quality of being complimentary.
  • composite volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
  • composite-volcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
  • composting toilet — a human waste disposal system that utilizes a waterless or low-flush toilet in conjunction with a tank in which aerobic bacteria break down the waste.
  • compound fraction — complex fraction
  • compound interest — Compound interest is interest that is calculated both on an original sum of money and on interest which has previously been added to the sum. Compare simple interest.
  • compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • 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
  • conceptualisation — The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.
  • conceptualization — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • connecticut chest — a chest made in Connecticut in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, having three front panels of which the center panel has a conventional sunflower design in low relief and the end panels have tulip designs.
  • connecting flight — a flight taken from an airport other than that from which the journey began, and which is taken in a different aeroplane from that used for the previous stage of the journey
  • 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
  • connective tissue — Connective tissue is the substance in the bodies of animals and people which fills in the spaces between organs and connects muscles and bones.
  • conscientiousness — The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • consensus gentium — agreement of the people.
  • consequentialness — The quality or state of being consequential.
  • conservation area — In Britain, a conservation area is an area where birds and animals are protected.
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