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- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
- chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- circumcision — surgical removal of the foreskin of males
- circumfusion — to pour around; diffuse.
- citron melon — a kind of fruit with a hard white flesh, that grows on a variety of watermelon plant (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides): used only candied or preserved
- city edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- civilisation — Alternative spelling of civilization.
- civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- class action — A class action is a legal case brought by a group of people rather than an individual.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- close season — In football and some other sports, the close season is the period of the year when the sport is not played professionally.
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
- coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
- coactivation — Activation of two or more things together.
- coadaptation — the state of two or more things adapting to one another
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- coffee spoon — a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon) for stirring coffee
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- cohabitation — the state or condition of living together in a conjugal relationship without being married
- collineation — The act of collineating; collimation.
- colliquation — liquefaction
- colluctation — a struggle or conflict
- colonisation — Alternative spelling of colonization.
- colonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colorisation — The process of converting to color.
- colorization — Colorization is a technique used to add colour to old black and white films.
- columniation — the arrangement of architectural columns
- come down on — If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
- commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
- commentation — the act of making comments
- compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
- compellation — appellation
- compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.