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  • cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
  • cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
  • cardiographic — (physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
  • cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
  • choreographer — A choreographer is someone who invents the movements for a ballet or other dance and tells the dancers how to perform them.
  • choreographic — Choreographic means relating to or connected with choreography.
  • chromatograph — a piece of equipment that provides the outcome of a chromatographic test
  • chronographic — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • climatography — an account of a region's climate
  • closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
  • cogent prolog — (language)   A full Edinburgh standard Prolog with debugger, listener, DCG, many built-ins, text windows, support for modules, and support for both 16-bit and 32-bit protected mode. Contact: Dennis C. Merritt.
  • come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
  • comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • computer game — A computer game is a game that you play on a computer or on a small portable piece of electronic equipment.
  • computer geek — (jargon)   (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.
  • computerising — Present participle of computerise.
  • computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
  • concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
  • contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
  • control group — any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
  • coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
  • corresponding — parallel; equivalent
  • counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
  • coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
  • court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
  • crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
  • crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
  • cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
  • cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
  • cryptological — cryptography.
  • cryptozoology — the study of creatures, such as the Loch Ness monster, whose existence has not been scientifically proved
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
  • daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
  • daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
  • daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
  • decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
  • deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
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