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  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chloroethylene — vinyl chloride.
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
  • christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
  • chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
  • 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.
  • cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
  • cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
  • coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
  • coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
  • container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
  • counter-thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
  • countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
  • countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
  • counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
  • counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
  • counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
  • crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
  • crotonaldehyde — a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C 4 H 6 O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
  • debt of honour — a debt that is morally but not legally binding, such as one contracted in gambling
  • dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
  • dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
  • do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
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