covalence
A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
The number of electrons that a particular atom can share (and therefore the number of covalent bonds it can form)

covalences
plural of covalence

covalencies
plural of covalency

covalency
Alternative spelling of covalence.

covariance
A statistical measure defined as scriptstyle operatorname Cov(X,Y)= operatorname E((X-μ)(Y-ν)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values scriptstyle E(X),=,μ and scriptstyle E(Y),=,ν.
The conversion of data types from wider to narrower in certain situations.

covariances
plural of covariance

covariancy
Alternative form of covariance.

coverage
An amount by which something or someone is covered.
The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
Defense.

coverages
plural of coverage

covit
Alternative form of covid.

covits
plural of covit

crackdown
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

crackdowns
plural of crackdown

cradleful
A number of babies that lies in a cradle.
A quantity of mined earth that is washed at one time in a cradle.
A quantity of something that is newly born or created.

cradlefuls
plural of cradleful

cradlesful
plural of cradleful

craftfuls
plural of craftful

crannock
An old Irish measure of corn equivalent to the quarter. The crannock of oats appears to contain two quarters, as sometimes occurs with its English equivalent.

crannocks
plural of crannock

crapload
A large amount, especially of something worthless.

craploads
plural of crapload

crapton
A very large amount.

craptons
plural of crapton

createdness
The state, quality or measure of being created.

creatinaemia
Alternative form of creatinemia.

creatinemia
The presence of (excessive amounts of) creatine in the blood

credibilities
plural of credibility

credibility
A reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
A believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

creelful
The amount that fills a creel.

creelfuls
plural of creelful

creelsful
plural of creelful

cribbage
A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.

cringeometer
An imaginary device that measures cringeworthiness (the extent to which something makes one cringe; that is, flinch or recoil with embarrassment).

cringeometers
plural of cringeometer

cropload
The amount of fruit that can be obtained as a crop from a fruit tree

croploads
plural of cropload

crosscovariance
A measure of the correlation between two signals

crosscovariances
plural of crosscovariance

crossnumber
A puzzle that resembles a crossword but is to be filled with numbers rather than words, the numbers being clued either arithmetically or by general knowledge (such as the year of a historical event).

crossnumbers
plural of crossnumber

crotchful
An amount sufficient to fill a person's crotch.

crotchfuls
plural of crotchful

crotonine
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, later found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
One of a number of alkaloids and terpenoids isolated from plants of the genus Croton.

crowdsensing
The sensor measurement of a phenomenon (such as air pollution) by combining readings from numerous devices carried by different individuals.

crowsfeet
plural of crowsfoot

crowsfoot
Alternative form of crow's foot.

crudload
A large amount.

crudloads
plural of crudload.

cryoenergy
energy produced or transmitted at low temperatures

cryptoquark
A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.

cryptoquarks
plural of cryptoquark

ctn
Abbreviation of can't talk now.

ctns
plural of ctn

cuarta
A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured.
Synonym of palmo, quarter-vara, a traditional Spanish unit of length

cuartilla
A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.
A former Mexican coin, equal to a quarter-real.

cuartillas
plural of cuartilla

cuartillo
A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
A traditional Castilian unit of liquid measure, equivalent to about 0.5 L.
A former coin in Spain and parts of Latin America equal to a quarter-real.

cuarto
A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
A former Spanish coin (until 1866), worth one eighth of a real.

cuartos
plural of cuarto

cubage
A cubic measurement.

cubages
plural of cubage

cubeage
Alternative form of cubage.

cubeages
plural of cubeage

cubeful
Enough to fill a cube; an amount that could be placed inside a cube.

cubefuls
plural of cubeful

cubinvariants
plural of cubinvariant

cucujo
Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus

cucujos
plural of cucujo

cuerda
A unit of land area equivalent to 3,929 square meters.

cuerdas
plural of cuerda

culei
plural of culeus

culeus
A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time.
A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea.

culeuses
plural of culeus

culpabilities
plural of culpability

culpability
The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
The amount of liability for a fault or wrongdoing.

cumec
A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic metre per second (m³/s).

cumecs
plural of cumec

cumload
An amount of semen, especially the amount produced by a man in one ejaculation.

cumloads
plural of cumload

cumomers
plural of cumomer

cumwad
An amount of semen, especially the amount produced by a man in one ejaculation.
A stupid or useless person; dickhead, shithead.

cumwads
plural of cumwad

cunca
A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.
A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cunca of seed, varying from 5–60 m² in different parts of Galicia.

cunit
A unit of measure for wood, equal to 100 cubic feet.

cunits
plural of cunit

cuntful
The amount (of something) that can fit in a vagina.

cuntfuls
plural of cuntful

cuntsful
plural of cuntful

cupful
The amount necessary to fill a cup.
A half pint, i.e. eight ounces

cupfuls
plural of cupful

cupsful
plural of cupful

cupsworth
The quantity contained in a cup.

curium
A radioactive and highly fissile, silver-grey, metallic, transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator.

curtosis
Alternative form of kurtosis.

cusec
A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second.

cusecs
plural of cusec

cutoffs
plural of cutoff
trousers (most often jeans) that have been shortened by cutting off part or most of the legs

cutometer
Any of various instruments that measure physical properties of the skin (typically elasticity).

cutometers
plural of cutometer