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  • bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
  • basking shark — a very large plankton-eating shark, Cetorhinus maximus, often floating at the sea surface: family Cetorhinidae
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • binary search — (algorithm)   A search algorithm which repeatedly divides an ordered search space in half according to how the required (key) value compares with the middle element. The following pseudo-C routine performs a binary search return the index of the element of vector "thing[first..last]" equal to "target": if (target < thing[first] || target > thing[last]) return NOT_FOUND; while (first < last) { mid = (first+last)/2; /* truncate to integer */ if (target == thing[mid]) return mid; if (target < thing[mid]) last = mid-1; else first = mid+1; } if (target == thing[last]) return last; return NOT_FOUND; (2003-01-14)
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • boardinghouse — a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
  • british asian — A British Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
  • british india — the 17 provinces of India formerly governed by the British under the British sovereign: ceased to exist in 1947 when the independent states of India and Pakistan were created
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
  • candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
  • casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
  • chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • charlatanries — Plural form of charlatanry.
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
  • childrenswear — clothing for children
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
  • churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
  • churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
  • commandership — a person who commands.
  • compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
  • containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • costochondral — (anatomy) Relating to ribs and cartilage.
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • craftsmanship — Craftsmanship is the skill that someone uses when they make beautiful things with their hands.
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