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  • birthing ball — a large soft rubber ball used by women during childbirth to give support and to aid pain relief
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
  • boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
  • by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
  • call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
  • call it quits — to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
  • call sb names — If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
  • call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
  • call the turn — to predict successfully
  • call to order — to request to be quiet, as to start (a meeting)
  • call-by-value — (CBV) An evaluation strategy where arguments are evaluated before the function or procedure is entered. Only the values of the arguments are passed and changes to the arguments within the called procedure have no effect on the actual arguments as seen by the caller. See applicative order reduction, call-by-value-result, strict evaluation, call-by-name, lazy evaluation.
  • called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
  • calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  • calliper rule — a measuring instrument having two parallel jaws, one fixed at right angles to the end of a calibrated scale and the other sliding along it
  • callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
  • callistus iii — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
  • callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
  • cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
  • car allowance — an amount of money that an employer gives an employee who needs to use his or her car as part of his or job
  • card walloper — (jargon)   An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind.
  • carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
  • castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • catabolically — In terms of catabolism.
  • catalytically — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
  • catatonically — in a catatonic or exceedingly rigid manner
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • cathartically — of or relating to catharsis.
  • central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
  • chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
  • chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
  • cinematically — Chiefly British. motion picture.
  • circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
  • cladistically — from a cladistic point of view
  • cliff swallow — an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
  • climactically — In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax.
  • climbing wall — a specially constructed wall with recessed and projecting holds to give practice in rock climbing; a feature of many sports centres
  • collate-rally — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
  • collisionally — in the manner of a collision or collisions
  • common mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
  • common sallow — a small Eurasian willow tree, Salix cinerea, which has large catkins that appear before the leaves
  • concyclically — in a concyclic manner
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