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  • contextualise — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • contextualist — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  • corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
  • cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • counterblasts — Plural form of counterblast.
  • counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
  • country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
  • court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
  • courtesy call — a formal visit
  • cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
  • crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
  • crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
  • culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
  • culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
  • cultus coolee — a purposeless or recreational stroll or ride.
  • culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
  • deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
  • deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
  • destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
  • desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  • dextroglucose — dextrose
  • dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
  • discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
  • disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
  • dissoluteness — indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
  • documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
  • doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
  • electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
  • encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  • entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
  • estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
  • ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
  • ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
  • exclusionists — Plural form of exclusionist.
  • expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
  • expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
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