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  • cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
  • cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
  • crystal defect — defect (def 3).
  • crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
  • crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
  • crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
  • crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
  • crystal system — any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system
  • crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
  • crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
  • crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
  • crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
  • curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
  • currency snake — an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range
  • cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
  • cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
  • cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
  • cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • cylinder press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
  • cypress spurge — a perennial herb, Euphorbia cyparissias, of Eurasia, having small, greenish-yellow flowers in dense clusters.
  • dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
  • daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
  • dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
  • daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
  • decarboxylases — Plural form of decarboxylase.
  • dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
  • deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
  • delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
  • dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
  • deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
  • dermatomycoses — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
  • dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
  • describability — The quality of being describable.
  • dessert cherry — the fruit of a cherry tree
  • desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
  • deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • dio chrysostom — 2nd century ad, Greek orator and philosopher
  • disapprobatory — Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
  • discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
  • disciplinarily — In a disciplinary way.
  • disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
  • disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
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