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- chronometers — Plural form of chronometer.
- chronometric — of a chronometer or chronometry
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- chronoscopes — Plural form of chronoscope.
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
- chthonophagy — (disease) Alternative form of chthonophagia.
- clams casino — broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells
- clinozoisite — a monoclinic mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a variety of epidote, dimorphous with zoisite.
- clintonomics — (used with a singular verb) the economic policies set forth by President Bill Clinton.
- cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
- cock a snook — to make a rude gesture by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched
- coenospecies — a collection of related species able to hybridize
- cognoscitive — having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers.
- colonoscopes — Plural form of colonoscope.
- connoisseurs — An expert judge in matters of taste.
- connotations — the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”. the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
- conterminous — enclosed within a common boundary
- control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- cosmic noise — interference caused by radio waves originating in sources beyond the earth
- cottonocracy — a group amongst the upper class consisting of those members whose wealth comes from the cotton trade
- countertenor — A countertenor is a man who sings with a high voice that is similar to a low female singing voice.
- criminogenic — causing or promoting crime
- crown canopy — canopy (def 4).
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cytotaxonomy — classification of organisms based on cell structure, esp the number, shape, etc, of the chromosomes
- dactinomycin — a cytotoxic polypeptide, C 62 H 86 N 12 O 16 , isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces parvullus, used in the treatment of certain cancers.
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- denominating — Present participle of denominate.
- denomination — A particular denomination is a particular religious group which has slightly different beliefs from other groups within the same faith.
- denominative — giving or constituting a name; naming
- denominators — Plural form of denominator.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- denotational — Of or pertaining to denotation.
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- denouncement — to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.