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  • copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • copper-bottomed — If you describe something as copper-bottomed, you believe that it is certain to be successful.
  • copy protection — a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.
  • copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
  • core competency — a skill needed in order to be successful at a job or other activity: Several core competencies have been identified as critical to the success of every student.
  • corn-root aphid — an aphid, Anuraphis maidiradicis, that lives as a symbiont in colonies of cornfield ants and feeds on the roots of corn: an agricultural pest.
  • corpora striata — corpus striatum
  • corporate image — the way an organization is presented to or perceived by its members and the public
  • corporation tax — Corporation tax is a tax that companies have to pay on the profits they make.
  • corporatization — The privatization of a publicly-owned organization.
  • corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
  • correction tape — a tape that can be placed over a written or typed mistake, on which the correct form can be written or typed, thereby covering the mistake underneath
  • correspondently — in a correspondent manner
  • corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
  • cosmopolitanism — free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
  • cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
  • cost of capital — The cost of capital is how much it costs to borrow money with interest or issue securities to raise money.
  • cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
  • coude telescope — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
  • countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
  • counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
  • counterpetition — a formal request for legal action submitted to a court by a respondent who has received a petition
  • counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
  • counterpointing — Present participle of counterpoint.
  • counterpressure — an opposing pressure
  • counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
  • counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
  • counterpurchase — barter, especially of products or materials between international companies or importers and exporters.
  • counterresponse — a response or reply which opposes or answers a previous response
  • country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
  • county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
  • coup de theatre — a dramatic turn of events, esp in a play
  • couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
  • court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
  • courting couple — a pair of lovers
  • cpu info center — (processor)   An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
  • craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
  • critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
  • crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
  • cryoprecipitate — a precipitate obtained by controlled thawing of a previously frozen substance. Factor VIII, for treating haemophilia, is often obtained as a cryoprecipitate from frozen blood
  • cryoprotectants — Plural form of cryoprotectant.
  • cryptographical — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptosporidium — any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, species of which are parasites of birds and animals and can be transmitted to humans, causing severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea (cryptosporidiosis)
  • cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
  • crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
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