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  • censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
  • chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
  • chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
  • chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
  • chancellor — Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
  • changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
  • changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
  • chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
  • chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
  • chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
  • charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
  • chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
  • cheffonier — A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
  • chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
  • chernozems — Plural form of chernozem.
  • chersonese — (capital when part of a name)
  • cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
  • chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
  • chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
  • chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
  • chiffonier — a tall, elegant chest of drawers, originally intended for holding needlework
  • china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
  • chironomer — a person who is skilled in chironomy
  • chirurgeon — surgeon
  • chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
  • chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
  • chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
  • chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
  • chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
  • chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
  • chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
  • chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
  • chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
  • chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
  • chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
  • chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
  • chronicler — a chronological record of events; a history.
  • chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
  • chronopher — an instrument for transmitting time signals electronically.
  • chronozone — (geology) A group of strata formed during the same chron of geologic time.
  • chunderous — nauseating
  • cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
  • coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
  • coherences — Plural form of coherence.
  • coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
  • comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
  • comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
  • contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
  • cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
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