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  • charles chandler — Charles Frederick, 1836–1925, U.S. scientist, educator, and public-health expert.
  • charles coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
  • chattel personal — an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc
  • chattering class — well-educated members of the upper-middle or upper class who freely express especially liberal opinions or judgments on current issues and events.
  • children's panel — (in Scotland) a group of representatives of relevant agencies, with the power to deal with a child under sixteen who is in criminal or family trouble. Its hearings are private and replace most of the functions of juvenile courts
  • chilean firebush — South American shrub with scarlet flowers
  • chinese calendar — the former calendar of China, in which the year consisted of 12 lunar months with an intercalary month added seven times every 19 years to reconcile the lunar year of 354 days with the solar year of 365 days, time being reckoned in 60-year cycles with the first cycle dating from 2637 b.c.
  • chondrodysplasia — (medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism.
  • christmas island — an island in the Indian Ocean, south of Java: administered by Singapore (1900–58), now by Australia; phosphate mining. Pop: 1496 (2013 est). Area: 135 sq km (52 sq miles)
  • chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
  • circular sailing — a method of navigation in which the curvature of the earth is taken into consideration.
  • circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • citronella grass — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
  • clackmannanshire — a council area and historical county of central Scotland; became part of the Central region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Alloa. Pop: 47 680 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
  • class background — a person's background with reference to social class
  • clearance-papers — the act of clearing.
  • clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
  • cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
  • closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
  • collaborationism — The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy.
  • collaborationist — A collaborationist government or individual is one that helps or gives support to the enemy during the war.
  • colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • compartmentalise — to divide into categories or compartments.
  • conciliatoriness — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
  • conservation law — any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.
  • conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
  • constant dollars — a dollar valued according to its purchasing power in an arbitrarily set year and then adjusted for price changes in other years so that real purchasing power can be compared by giving prices as they would presumably be in the base year.
  • constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
  • constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
  • constructionally — In a constructional manner.
  • consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • continental rise — the gently sloping transition between the continental slope and the deep ocean floor, usually characterized by coalescence of submarine alluvial fans.
  • control commands — keyed instructions conveyed to a computer by using the control key in conjunction with the standard keys
  • controllableness — The state of being controllable; the capability of being controlled.
  • controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
  • controversialist — a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so
  • controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
  • controversialize — (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
  • conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
  • coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
  • corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
  • counterproposals — Plural form of counterproposal.
  • cray instability — A shortcoming of a program or algorithm that manifests itself only when a large problem is being run on a powerful machine such as a Cray. Generally more subtle than bugs that can be detected in smaller problems running on a workstation or minicomputer.
  • crime passionnel — a crime committed from passion, esp sexual passion
  • criminal assault — a punishable offence of attempting to harm another person through physical contact
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