chondritis
inflammation of the cartilage

chondroadherin
A cartilage matrix protein that mediates adhesion of chondrocytes

chondrofibroma
A cartilaginous fibroma

chondrofibromas
plural of chondrofibroma

chondronectin
A cartilage matrix protein that mediates the attachment of chondrocytes to collagen

chondropathies
plural of chondropathy

chondropathy
disease of the cartilage

chondrosis
Synonym of chondrogenesis.
A cartilaginous tumor

choo
The sound of a locomotive whistle.

choochoo
Alternative form of choo-choo.

choochoos
plural of choochoo

choos
plural of choo

chopboat
A licensed lighter (watercraft) employed in the transportation of goods to and from larger vessels.

chopboats
plural of chopboat

chromework
The chrome ornamentation on a vehicle or other object.

chromie
A chromosome.

chromies
plural of chromie

chromoductant
An organelle that transports chromosomes

chromoductants
plural of chromoductant

chromoduction
The transport of chromosomes, typically between cells

chu
The sound of a kiss.

chuckholes
plural of chuckhole

chuffings
plural of chuffing

chugwagon
Alternative form of chug-wagon.

chugwagons
plural of chugwagon

chumships
plural of chumship

chunklet
A small chunk
A group of data points belonging to the same constraint cluster.

chunklets
plural of chunklet

churchmanships
plural of churchmanship

churchships
plural of churchship

churchwardenships
plural of churchwardenship

chute
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
A waterfall or rapid.
A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.

chutes
plural of chute

chylosis
The formation and subsequent digestion and transport of chyle

chymotrypsin
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.

chymotrypsins
plural of chymotrypsin

cicindelid
Any beetle in the former family Cicindelidae, now considered to be the carabid subfamily Cicindelinae; a tiger beetle.

cicindelids
plural of cicindelid

cilery
The ornament carved at the capital of a column

cill
Alternative form of sill (“a threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against”).

cills
plural of cill

cincholoipon
The carboxylic acid 2-[(3R,4S)-3-ethylpiperidin-4-yl]acetic acid formed by the oxidation of cinchonine

cinegoers
plural of cinegoer

cinobufagin
A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans, having similar effects to digitalis and used in traditional Chinese medicine.

cinq
Archaic form of cinque.

cinqs
plural of cinq

cinque
A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.

cinques
plural of cinque

circulatories
plural of circulatory

cirogrilles
plural of cirogrille

cit
a citizen; a city dweller, a townsman.

citizendom
The world or sphere of citizens.
Citizenship; the status of a citizen.

citizenshiplessness
Lack of citizenship.

citizenships
plural of citizenship

citril
Any of various yellow or green finches of the genera Carduelis or Crithagra; especially Carduelis citrinella (Alpine citril).
Any of various damselflies of the genus Ceriagrion.

citrils
plural of citril

cits
plural of cit

cityship
A spacecraft which contains an entire city.
A mobile seastead, as on a cruise ship.

cityships
plural of cityship

clackety
That is characterized by clacketing.

clackity
Nonce variation of the word clack, usually indicating one of a series of clacking sounds.

cladist
A biologist who studies clades, an evolutionary biologist who studies the pattern of species interrelationships according to the principles of cladistics.

cladistics
An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics.

cladists
plural of cladist

cladogram
A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.
A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.

cladograms
plural of cladogram

cladoniamide
Any of a group of indolotryptoline alkaloids found in an actinomycete strain of Streptomyces

cladoniamides
plural of cladoniamide

clanships
plural of clanship

clarence
A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers.

clarences
plural of clarence

classcest
A sexual or romantic relationship between classmates.

classes
plural of class
plural of classis

classman
A member of a class
A classmate.
A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honour class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.

classmate
A student who is in the same class at school.
A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.

classmates
plural of classmate

classmen
plural of classman

claulansine
A carbazole alkaloid found in Clausena.

claves
A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.

clavis
A Roman key.
A device for restraint of the hands.
Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms.
A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

clavises
plural of clavis

claxon
Alternative spelling of klaxon.

cleargie
Obsolete spelling of clergy.

clergies
plural of clergy

clergy
A body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

clerkships
plural of clerkship

cleruchia
Alternative form of cleruchy.

cleruchias
plural of cleruchia

cleruchies
plural of cleruchy

cleruchy
A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

cleuch
Alternative form of clough (“a ravine or gorge”).

cleuchs
plural of cleuch

cleugh
Alternative form of clough (“a ravine or gorge”).

cleughs
plural of cleugh

clevis
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.

clevises
plural of clevis

clickership
An association or companionship of printers.

clickerships
plural of clickership

clienteling
The sales technique of forming personal relationships with clients based on their habits and preferences.

clientships
plural of clientship

climbout
The period after takeoff and before cruising, during which the aircraft climbs to a predetermined altitude.
A ladder or other construction on a slope that allows wildlife to exit safely from a freeway, highway, etc.

climbouts
plural of climbout

clipei
plural of clipeus

clipeus
A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.
Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.

cloff
An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

cloffs
plural of cloff

clonewheel
A copy of a tonewheel
A clonewheel organ

clonewheels
plural of clonewheel

clostripain
Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.