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  • cerro de pasco — a town in central Peru, in the Andes: one of the highest towns in the world, 4400 m (14 436 ft) above sea level; mining centre. Pop: 70 000 (latest est)
  • certifications — Plural form of certification.
  • chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
  • chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
  • charity school — an elementary school, usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system.
  • charles talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
  • charter school — an alternative school that is founded on a charter, or contract, between a sponsoring group and a governmental unit and is funded with public money
  • chase pointers — (programming)   To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
  • chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
  • chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • chlorophyllase — an enzyme found in plants that decomposes chlorophyll by removing the phytol chain.
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • 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
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chondrosarcoma — A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
  • choral society — an organization of amateur singers
  • chordamesoderm — a kind of mesoderm that develops into the notochord
  • choreographers — Plural form of choreographer.
  • choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
  • chrestomathies — Plural form of chrestomathy.
  • christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
  • chromosome map — a graphic representation of the positions of genes on chromosomes, obtained by observation of chromosome bands or by determining the degree of linkage between genes
  • cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • clarifications — Plural form of clarification.
  • classificatory — the act of classifying.
  • claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
  • cleptoparasite — Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • close quarters — a narrow cramped space or position
  • closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • co-chairperson — one of two or more joint chairpersons.
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