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Catechus
- noun - East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
- extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally
cd4 Cell
- noun - T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells; helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus
cd8 Cell
- noun - T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Cetacean
- adjective - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
- of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
Chalcids
- noun - any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
Chancels
- noun - area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
Chancers
- unknown - A gang of (normally unscrupulous) people who will gamble the benefit outweighs the risk - they 'chance their arm'. An individual chancer is not necessarily a criminal e.g. a jaywalker.
- unscrupulous opportunists
Chancery
- noun - a court with jurisdiction in equity
- an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
Chancier
- adjective - of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"