Commonwealth of Nations
— Noun
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~ an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
Commonwealth of Australia
— Noun
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~ a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
conjunctival layer of eyelids
— Noun
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~ the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids; continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva
conservation of matter
— Noun
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~ a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
contempt of court
— Noun
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~ disrespect for the rules of a court of law
Congressional Medal of Honor
— Noun
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~ the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'
conservation of charge
— Noun
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~ the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
conservation of electricity
— Noun
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~ the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
conjunctival layer of bulb
— Noun
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~ the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea
conservation of energy
— Noun
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~ the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
contempt of Congress
— Noun
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~ deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch
conservation of momentum
— Noun
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~ the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system
constant of gravitation
— Noun
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~ (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
conservation of mass
— Noun
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~ a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
cut off
— Verb
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~ break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
cut off
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~ remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
cut off
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~ make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
cut off
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~ cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
curtain off
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~ separate by means of a curtain