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  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • catcher's box — box1 (def 16d).
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chalicotheres — Plural form of chalicothere.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
  • 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
  • charles abbot — Charles Greeley, 1872–1973, U.S. astrophysicist.
  • charles louis — (Karl Ludwig Johann) 1771–1847, archduke of Austria.
  • charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
  • charlier shoe — special light horseshoe
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • checkerblooms — Plural form of checkerbloom.
  • cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • cherokee rose — an evergreen climbing Chinese rose, Rosa laevigata, that now grows wild in the southern US, having large white fragrant flowers
  • chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
  • child process — (operating system)   A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
  • child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
  • chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
  • chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
  • chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
  • chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
  • chokecherries — Plural form of chokecherry.
  • choker-setter — (in logging) a worker whose job is to fasten a choker to logs.
  • cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
  • choripetalous — polypetalous
  • chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
  • chrisom child — a baptized child that dies in its first month.
  • christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
  • chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
  • chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
  • chromhidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
  • chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
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