Words starting with C

• capital of New Hampshire — Noun – English ～ capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
• capital of Luxembourg — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
• capital of Alabama — Noun – English ～ the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River
• capital of Ethiopia — Noun – English ～ the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
• capital of Idaho — Noun – English ～ the capital and largest city of Idaho
• Canticle of Canticles — Noun – English ～ an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
• Council of Chalcedon — Noun – English ～ the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ
• cost-of-living benefit — Noun – English ～ a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise
• Council of Ephesus — Noun – English ～ the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius
• cost-of-living allowance — Noun – English ～ an allowance for changes in the consumer price index
• Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence — Noun – English ～ the council in 1431-1439 that concentrated on the elimination of heresies and on reforms within the Roman Catholic Church
• cost of capital — Noun – English ～ the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk
• cost-of-living index — Noun – English ～ an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer
• cost of living — Noun – English ～ average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"
• Council of Constance — Noun – English ～ the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
• Council of Economic Advisors — Noun – English ～ an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President
• convolution of Broca — Noun – English ～ the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
• contract of hazard — Noun – English ～ a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
• contract of adhesion — Noun – English ～ a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power
• color of law — Noun – English ～ a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights"

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