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- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
- cape matapan — a cape in S Greece, at the S central tip of the Peloponnese: the southern point of the mainland of Greece
- carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- caste system — the division of Hindu society into four major hereditary classes
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- cathetometer — an instrument measuring minute height differences
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- cellarmaster — a person in charge of a wine cellar.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- chamaephytes — Plural form of chamaephyte.
- chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chapter room — a room for the use of the chapter of a religious institution
- characterism — the description of character
- charismatics — Plural form of charismatic.
- charismatize — to impress or influence by charisma.
- charlatanism — the practice or method of a charlatan.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
- chatter mark — any of a series of grooves, pits, and scratches on the surface of a rock, usually made by the movement of a glacier
- chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- chrematistic — of, denoting, or relating to money-making