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  • clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
  • clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • cleaning lady — A cleaning lady is a woman who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
  • cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
  • close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • collisionally — in the manner of a collision or collisions
  • combinability — capable of combining or being combined.
  • come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commissionary — Of, relating to, or conferring a commission.
  • common canary — See under canary (def 1).
  • common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
  • communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
  • companionways — Plural form of companionway.
  • company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
  • company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
  • company union — an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise
  • company woman — a female employee whose allegiance to her employer comes before personal beliefs or loyalty to fellow workers.
  • complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
  • complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • conceptuality — a conceptualization
  • concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
  • concessionary — A concessionary price is a special price which is lower than the normal one and which is often given to old people, students, and the unemployed.
  • conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
  • conclusionary — conclusory
  • concomitantly — existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.
  • concretionary — formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.
  • concyclically — in a concyclic manner
  • conditionally — imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms: conditional acceptance.
  • condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
  • confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
  • confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
  • confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
  • conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
  • connaturality — the quality of being connatural
  • connotatively — the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”. the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
  • consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
  • considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consimilarity — the condition of being mutually alike
  • constellatory — Astronomy. any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion. the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.
  • constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
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