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C, carbon +
C. Allen and the zoom lens, 1902 +
C. Anderson and the positron, 1932 +
C. Crane and Life Savers, 1912 +
C. Hull and the three-dimensional printer, 1984 +
C. L. Hull and hypnosis, 1933 +
C. Parkinson and Parkinson's law, 1955 +
C. Russell and the Jehovah's Witnesses, 1870s -
C. Spencer and the repeating rifle, 1860 +
c., circa +
cabbage patch +
cabin boy +
cabin class -
Cabinet reshuffle, a +
cable car +
cable TV +
Cadette Scouts, an organization, 1963 +
caduceus, a symbol of healing +
Caesar and the Julian Calendar, 45 BC +
Caesarean section -
caffeine, a CNS stimulant present in coffee and tea +
caged bird -
Cai and paper, 105 +
cake mix +
cake of soap, a +
calculated risk +
calculus, the mathematics dealing with rates of variation +
calico cat, a figured pattern cat +
Calico Printers' Association and PETE, 1941 +
call a person names -
call a spade a spade -
call and response +
call girl -
call it a day +
call it quits +
call my name +
call number +
call of the wild, the +
call off my dog +
call that cheating -
call the police +
call 911 +
Callaghan and the crosswalk, 1948 +
came at an awkward time -
came by night -
came in third +
came into effect +
came to a decision +
came to a halt +
came to the throne +
camel hair +
camera +
camera and the eye, the -
camera and memory card +
camera crew, the +
camera obscura, a forerunner to the photographic camera +
camouflage, the concealment of oneself +
camp bed +
camphor tree +
camping site +
campus police +
can accept an occasional absence +
can do nothing -
can opener +
can reach me by phone +
can sit with us -
Canada and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, 1985 +
Canada and wild rice +
Canada, the US, and Niagara Falls +
Canadian goose +
Canadian Pacific Railway, a transcontinental railway +
Canadians, Chinese, and the Canadian Pacific Railway +
can-can, a stage dance +
candid camera -
cane sugar +
canker sore -
canned fruit -
cannot accept repeated absences +
cannot exist without food +
cannot find a pair to this sock -
cannot find time to do it -
cannot gag the press +
cannot guarantee a cure +
cannot leave without thanking them +
cannot refrain from laughing -
cannot resist chocolates -
cannot resist temptation -
cannot see why not +
cannot stand the noise -
cannot shoot straight -
cannot take a joke -
cannot tell red from green -
cannot tell them apart +
cannot think of where I put it -
cannot think what to do next -
cannot undo the past +
Cantonese opera, late 1200s +
Cantor, Dedekind, and the set theory, 1870s +
cap and gown +
Capek and the robot, 1921 +
captain and sailors +
capital city +
capital error -
capital gain +
capital goods +
capital loss -
capital offense -
capital punishment -
capsized the boat -
Captain Ward and the life jacket, 1854 +
car and elevator +
car and gas +
car bed +
car pool +
caraway seeds +
carbon, C +
carbon copy +
carbon dioxide, a life-supporting gas for plants +
carbon dioxide and oxygen +
carbon monoxide poisoning -
carbonated drink +
carburetor +
card game +
cardboard box +
cardiac arrest -
cardiac muscle +
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR +
career woman +
careful worker, a +
caretaker government -
Carlson and xerography, 1938 +
carnal desires -
Carolus and newspaper, 1605 +
Carothers and nylon, 1930 +
carousel, an amusement ride +
carpenter ant -
carpet sweeper +
carpet tiles +
Carrier and air conditioning, 1902 +
carrier pigeon +
carrot and the stick, the -
Carruthers, Alastair, and Botox, 1989 +
carry a great weight +
carry electric current +
carry forward +
carry over +
carry weight +
carrying a gun -
Carson and Silent Spring, 1962 +
Cartesian coordinate system: x, y, and z coordinates +
Cartwright and the power loom, 1785 +
case study +
cash and carry +
cash crop +
cash discount +
cash flow +/-
cash on delivery +
cash register +
cast a net +
cast a shadow +
cast a shadow over the proceedings -
cast iron +
cast iron plow +
cast lots for it +
cast my eye on this +
cast pearls before swine -
casting a cloud over the festivities -
castles in the air -
castor bean +
castor oil +
casual clothes +
casual encounter, a +
casual remark, a -
casual inspection, a -
casual laborers -
cat, a pet +
cat and clawing +
cat and mouse -
cat food +
cat mews, the (sound) +
cat purrs, the (sound) +
cat steals, the +
cat's cradle +
Catch a Falling Star, the first Gold Record single +
catch basin +
catch him napping +
catch phrase +
catchment area +
catchy tune, a +
cater for 100 people +
cathedral ceiling +
Catholic, a member of the Catholic Church +
Catholic Church, the one true church founded by Jesus Christ +
cattle and beef +
cattle car +
caudate nucleus, a gatekeeper of the brain +
caudate nucleus, located centrally and near the basal ganglia
caught a cold -
caught a glimpse of you +
caught fire -
caught hold of myself just in time +
caught in the act -
caught him at the finish line -
caulking gun +
caused great destruction -
Cavendish and hydrogen, 1766 +
Cayley and the glider, 1853 +
CCD, an imaging semiconductor circuit +
CCD, charged couple device +
CD, compact disc +
CD, 700 MB of data per disc +
CDT, Central Daylight Time +
cedar chest +
ceiling tiles +
celestial bodies +
celestial navigation +
celluloid, the first thermoplastic +
celluloid; used in making table tennis balls, musical instruments, and guitar picks +
Celsius and the Celsius scale, 1742 +
Celsius scale +
Celts and Halloween -
center of gravity +
central Asia and musk deer +
central character in this novel, the +
Central Daylight Time, CDT +
Central Intelligence Agency, CIA +
Central Labor Union, Knights of Labor, and Labor Day in the US, 1882 +
central nervous system, CNS +
Central Processing Unit, CPU +
Central Standard Time, CST +
central sulcus, the fissure between the parietal lobe and the frontal lobe +
central sulcus and lateral fissure +
centrifugal force +
CEO, chief executive officer +
ceramic tiles +
cerebellum, located behind and below the cerebrum +
cerebellum, to coordinate movement and maintain balance +
cerebellum function +
cerebral hemispheres: the left and the right +
cerebral palsy -
Cerletti and ECT, 1938 +
CFC, a refrigerant -
CFC, chlorofluorocarbon -
Chadwick and the neutron, 1932 +
chain gang -
chain letter +
chain of events, a +
chain of gold, a +
chain of mountains, a +
chain reaction +
chain saw +
chain smoker -
chain store +
chair lift +
Challenger, a space shuttle +
Challenger, exploded 73 seconds into its flight, 1986 -
chameleon, a small lizard +
chameleon and camouflage +
chance of a lifetime, the +
change hands +
change horses in mid-stream -
change my aquarium with around 10-20% of conditioned water +
change my aquarium with straight tap water -
change my mind -
change of heart -
change of life +
change over +
change password +
change the color of my hair +
change the color of my skin -
Chapin, Fuller, Pearson, and the solar cell, 1954 +
Chapman and the fifteen puzzle, 1874 +
Chappe and the semaphore, 1792 +
chapter and verse +
character actor +
character actress +
charge it to my account +
charged couple device, CCD +
charged with libel -
charitable institution +
charm bracelet, a +
charter bus +
charter flight +
charter member +
chasing after bargains -
chasing its own tail +
cheap money +
cheating a little here and there -
check in +
check out +
check the items off +
checked fabric, a +
checking account +
check-out counter +
cheer up +
cheerful face, a +
cheese mites -
chemical elements: 118 +
chemical warfare -
Chen and tai chi, 1600s +
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, destroyed by explosion, 1986 -
Chertovsky and the pressure suit, 1931 +
Chesebrough and Vaseline, 1872 +
chess, a two-player strategy board game +
chest of drawers +
chewing gum +
chewing the cud +
chicken and egg +
chicken pox -
chicken wire +
chief executive officer, CEO +
chief justice +
child abuse -
children of five and under +
child's play -
China and acupuncture, 100 BC +
China and bonsai, 500s +
China and chopsticks, 300 BC +
China and dominoes, 960-1279 +
China and dragon dance +
China and fireworks, 600s +
China and green onion cake +
China and Go, c. 400 BC +
China and goldfish, 618-907 +
China and gunpowder, c. 850 +
China and kung fu, 500 BC +
China and lion dance +
China and magic square, 650 BC +
China and Mahjong, c. 1870 +
China and noodles, 206 BC- AD 220 +
China and numbered musical notation, 1800s +
China and origami, 905-1125 +
China and pandas +
China and paper money, 1000s +
China and porcelain, 206 BC-AD 220 +
China and rock-paper-scissors, 206 BC-AD 220 +
China and shark fin soup +
China and silk, 3630 BC +
China and silk screen printing, 960-1279 +
China and sunglasses, 1100s +
China and tea, 618-907 +
China and the abacus, 200 BC +
China and the Bamboo Curtain, 1966-1976 -
China and the compass, c. 100s +
China and the multiplication table, c. 305 BC +
China and the one-child policy, 1979 +/-
China and the ribbon dance, 600s +
China and the stirrup, c. 322 +
China and the tangram, 960-1279 +
China and the Three Gorges Dam, 2008 +
China and the toothbrush, 619-907 +
China and the two-child policy, 2016 +
China and the umbrella, c. 210 BC +
China and the wheelchair, c. 525 +
China and tofu, c. 164 BC +
China and woodblock printing, c. 220 +
Chinese, a semantic language +
Chinese, the language of squares +
Chinese checkers +
Chinese lunar calendar +
Chinese New Year +
Chinese radicals +
Chinese Triad, 1700s -
Chinese zodiac, based on a 12-year cycle +
Chinook jargon -
chiral objects, objects of non-superimposable mirror images +
chirality, laterality +
chlorofluorocarbon, CFC +
chocolate +
chocolate milk +
choking hazard -
choose cotton for summer wear +
chop suey +
chop it small +
chopsticks +
chord, a combination of notes sounded together in harmony +
Christian, a person who believes in Christianity +
Christian Cross, a Latin Cross, 500s +
Christian Cross, a symbol of Christianity +
Christian faith, the +
Christian name +
Christiansen and Lego, 1949 +
Christmas card +
Christmas Carol, A, a novel +
Christmas Day, December 25, 336 +
Christmas decorations +
Christmas Eve, December 24 +
Christmas gift +
Christmas Island, a territory of Australia +
Christmas party +
Christmas tree +
chromosome, genes found in the nucleus of a cell +
chromosome theory of inheritance +
chromosomes and heredity +
chronic disease, a -
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church +
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, 1947 +
cigarette -
cigarette and lighter +
cigarette with a filter tip +
Cinderella, a fairy tale +
Cinderella and gold slippers +
cinema +
cinerary urn -
circadian rhythms, rhythms of around a day +
circle dance +
circle of Willis and traffic circle +
circuit breaker +
circular letter, a +
circular saw +
circular tour, a +
circulate this letter +
cirrhosis of liver -
citrus fruit +
city hall +
city planning +
civil aviation +
civil engineer +
civil engineering +
civil marriage +
civil rights movement +
civil servant +
civil war -
Clarke and mustard gas, 1913 +
class struggle -
classic case of malnutrition, a -
classic novel, a +
classical music, 1750-1820 +
Claude and neon signs, 1923 +
claw hammer +
clawing, a defense +
clean and unclean +
clean page, a +
clean slate, a +
cleanroom +
clean-cut features +
clear glass +
clear water +
clear case of cheating, a +
clear conscience, a +
clear goods through customs +
clear up the mystery +
clearance sale +
cleft palate -
clerical collar +
clerical error, a -
Clever Hans, a tale of stupidity +
clever plan, a +
climb on the bandwagon +
climb stairs +
climb up a tree +
clock, 12-hour +
clock, 24-hour +
clock in +
clock out +
clock tower, a +
close down -
close friend, a +
close out -
close relative, a +
close resemblance +
close study +
close the bottle +
close the box +
close the door +
close the window +
closed book -
closed season -
closing days of the year, the +
clothes moth -
clothes washer +
clothes washer and dryer +
clothoid loop, a teardrop-shaped safety loop in looping roller coaster +
Cloud computing, sharing computer processing resources and data on the Internet +
cloudy liquid, a -
cloven hoof +
club sandwich +
clumsy apology, a -
clumsy instrument, a -
CNS, central nervous system +
coal mine +
coarse grind, a -
coarse language -
Coast Guard +
coat of paint, a +
coaxial cable +
cobra, a poisonous snake -
cocaine, a local anesthetic +
cochlear implants +
Cochran and the dishwasher, 1889 +
Cockerell and the hovercraft, 1959 +
cocktail party +
coconut oil +
cocoa butter +
cod-liver oil +
concrete +
concrete jungle +
coffee +
coffee and cup +
coffee bean +
coffee break +
coffee grounds -
coffee mill +
coffee or tea +
coffee shop +
coffee table +
Cohen and the neutron bomb, 1962 +
coin, 5-cent +
coin, 10-cent +
coin, 25-cent +
coin, 1-dollar +
coin, 2-dollar +
cold cream +
cold cuts +
cold front -
cold meat +
cold snap -
cold sore -
cold storage +
cold sweat -
Cold War, tension between Eastern and Western Blocs, 1947-1991 -
cold wave -
coldblooded killer, a -
collect myself +
collect phone call, a +
collective bargaining +
collector's item, a +
Collodi and Pinocchio, 1881 +
color animation film +
color code +
color photograph +
color movie +
color scheme, a +
color television +
coloring book +
Colt and the revolver, 1835 +
column of smoke, a +
comb my hair +
comb my hair when I get out of bed +
comb my hair with a comb +
combination lock +
combine harvester +
Come along! +
come as you are +
come from a rich family +
come from nowhere -
come full circle -
Come here! +
come in three sizes +
come into being +
come into line +
Come on! +
come out in the wash +
come out of my shell +
come to a full stop +
come to an abrupt stop -
come to light +
come to my senses +
come to pass +
come to rest +
come to terms +
come to the point +
come under the hammer +
come up to my expectations +
comic book +
comic strip +
coming shortly +
coming week, the +
comings and goings +
comfort food +
comma symbol +
commemorate the victory +
commemorative coin +
commemorative stamp +
commending my soul to God +
commensurate with the responsibilities +
commercial art +
commercial television +
commercial vehicle +
commit suicide -
committed a foul -
common ground +
common knowledge +
common law +
common sense +
common-law marriage +
communicate the news to my friends +
Communist Manifesto, The, a pamphlet +
Communist Party +
community, a defense +
community center +
community of interests +
Como and Catch a Falling Star, 1958 +
compact car +
compact disc, CD +
companionate marriage +
compass +
compile a dictionary +
complete disregard for my own safety -
complete stranger, a -
complete the questionnaire +
comply with the rules +
compose myself +
composite photograph +
composite material +
composition of soil, the +
compound fracture -
compound interest +
compound microscope +
compressed air +
compromising situation, a -
compulsive gambler, a -
computed tomography scan, CT scan +
computer mouse, a pointing device +
computer Trojan horse, a malicious computer program -
computer virus, a downloaded program without an "uninstall" button -
computer virus, a malicious self-replicating software program -
computer worm, a malicious computer network program -
concentrated acid, a +
concentration camp -
concentric circles +
concerned myself about it +
concluded that they were correct +
conclusive evidence of my guilt +
concocted an excuse -
concordance, an index of the important words used in a book +
concordance to the Bible, a +
concrete evidence +
concrete jungle -
concrete mix +
condemned house -
condemned to death +
condensed milk +
condensed report on the meeting, a +
conditional agreement, a -
condom +
confess that I am puzzled -
confession of faith, a +
confined place, a -
confined to bed -
confined to my cell +
conflict of interest -
conform to the rules +
confuse me -
confuse the issue -
congenial climate, a +
congenial companion, a +
congenital deformity, a -
congratulating ourselves on our escape +
conical flask +
coniferous tree structure, a linear structure +
conj., conjunction +
conjunction, conj. +
conjuring tricks +
connected by marriage +
conscious of my guilt +
conservative estimate, a +
Conservative Party +
consider myself lucky +
consider people's feelings +
consistent with their general policies +
consolation prize +
consolidating my position as leader +
consorting with criminals -
conspiracy of silence +
conspired to bring about his downfall -
constellations in our universe, 88 +
constitutional crisis, a -
constitutional government +
consulted with my fellow workers +
consulting engineer, a +
consultative committee, a +
consume less salt +
consumer goods +
contact lens +
contact sports +
contagious disease, a -
contain alcohol +/-
contemplating a visit to New York City +
contemporary designs +
contempt of court -
contend that I am innocent +
contents and index +
contents of the barrel, the +
contest a seat in an election +
contest a statement +
contest a will +
contest an election +
continental drift +
continue the struggle +
contraceptive pill +
contract and relax +
contrary to expectation -
contravening the law -
contributory negligence -
contributory pension scheme, a +
control panel +
control tower +
convenience foods +
convenient to shopping +
conventional weapons +
conversation piece +
convertible sofa, a +
convinced that he is honest +
cooked corn, edible +
cooked meat, edible +
cooked rice, edible +
cookie cutter +
cool of evening, the -
cooling tower +
Coopers, Inc. and briefs, 1935 +
Copernicus and heliocentrism, 1543 +
copper coffin +
coral snake -
cordial greetings +
core of an apple or pear, not edible -
cork board +
cork oak +
corn, a cereal plant +
Corn Flakes +
corn on the cob +
corn starch +
corn syrup +
corncob, the woody core of an ear of corn -
corncob, inedible -
corneal transplant +
cornerstone of success, the +
corpse flower +
corpus callosum, a band of nerves between two hemispheres of the brain +
correct to two decimal places +
correct way to hold the chopsticks, the +
correction fluid +
correction tape +
correctional institution +
correspond regularly +
correspond with what I have heard +
cortisone, one of the main hormones produced by the adrenal gland when under stress +
cosmetic surgery +
cosmic rays -
cosmopolitan city, a +
cost effective +
cost of living +
costs had tripled -
cottage cheese +
cotton candy +
cotton gin +
cotton mill +
Cotzias and L-dopa, 1968 +
cough drop +
could have been delayed -
could not forebear criticizing -
could not forebear from criticizing -
country club +
country folk +
country music +
couple split, the -
course of exercises, a +
course of the river, the +
courting danger -
cover a large area +
cover charge -
cover girl +
cover up -
covered with shame -
covering you against fire or theft +
covert glances -
cow and calves +
cow and milk +
cow lows, the (sound) +
cow moos, the (sound) +
cow wanders, the +
CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation +
CPU, Central Processing Unit +
crab, a ten-footed shellfish +
crab and shedding (a claw) +
crab apple -
cradle of civilization, the +
crash dive -
crash helmet +
crash landing -
crave mercy +
crave for mercy +
crazed with grief -
crazy plan -
cream cheese +
cream of society, the +
cream puffs +
creaming off the best parts +
create a diversion +
create a good impression +
Creation and Evolution +
credit card +
credit hour +
credit line +
credit rating, a +
credit squeeze, a -
credit union +
crepe paper +
Crest and fluoride toothpaste, 1955 +
crew cut +
crime scene -
crime reconstruction +
criminal offense, a -
crippled by lack of money -
crisp winter morning, a -
Cristofori and the piano, 1709 +
critical moment, the -
critical remarks +
crocodile tears -
crooked nose, a -
crop circle, a fungal disease, not done by aliens -
cross burning -
cross hairs +
cross his path -
cross my mind +
cross myself +
cross section +
cross winds -
cross-country skiing +
Crossman, Kendrick, Lemieux, and air hockey, 1972 +
crosswalk +
crossword puzzle +
crow caws, the (sound) +
crow flaps, the +
crucifixion of Jesus, c. 33 +
crude attempt, a -
crude oil +
Cruden and the concordance to the Bible, 1737 +
cruise ship +
crushing defeat, a -
cry havoc +
cry my eyes out -
cry my heart out -
cry on my shoulder -
cry wolf -
crying my wares +
crystal ball +
crystal clear +
crystal gazing +
crystals of ice +
CST, Central Standard Time +
CT scan, computed tomography scan +
CT scan, using 2D x-ray images to form a 3D image of the inside of the body +
Cub Scouts, an organization, 1916 +
Cuba and the rumba +
cubic watermelons, growing the fruits in metal and glass boxes +
Cubism, depicting the subject from a multitude of viewpoints +
cuckoo clock -
cuckoo cuckoos (sound) +
culinary art +
cultivate a person +
culture shock -
cultured pearl +
cul-de-sac and appendix -
Cullen and the supermarket, 1930 +
cultural icon, a +
Cummings, McLeod, and the bulldozer, 1923 +
cunning device, a +
cupped my hands +
cupping +
curbside service +
Curies and polonium, 1898 +
Curies and radium, 1898 +
Curie bros. and piezoelectricity, 1880 +
curlew flits, the (motion) +
curlew pipes, the (sound) +
current events +
curry powder +
curtain call +
curtain wall, glass +
curvature of the spine +
custody by order of the court -
customs officer +
cut across the field -
cut against the grain +
cut back -
cut both ways -
cut corners -
cut keys +
cut my losses +
cut my wrist -
cut myself -
cut off +/-
cut off his ear -
cut off his head -
cut off the side shoots +
cut short -
cut taxes +
cut the class -
cut the Gordian knot +
cut the living child in two +
cutthroat competition -
cutting remarks -
cyanide poisoning -
cyber warfare -
cycle of the seasons, the +
cyclosporine, an immunosuppressant +
cyclotron, a particle accelerator +
cylinder lock +