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Cronyisms
- noun - favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
Crunching
- verb - chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
- make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
Ctenidium
- noun - comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks
Ctenocyst
- - An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.
Ctenoidei
- - A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.
Cunningly
- adverb - in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?"
- in an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure"
Cyanamide
- noun - a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds
- a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)
Cyanamids
- noun - a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)
Cyanogens
- noun - a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare
Cyanosite
- - Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue.