a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
clay
Noun
water soaked soil
coronion
Noun
the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible
crotaphion
Noun
the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone
cremains
Noun
the remains of a dead body after cremation
convincingness
Noun
the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
child's body
Noun
the body of a human child
corpus
Noun
the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
corpus
Noun
a collection of writings
corpus
Noun
capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
compositeness
Noun
the property of being a composite number
corporatism
Noun
control of a state or organization by large interest groups
costal groove
Noun
groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are
carte blanche
Noun
complete freedom or authority to act
central sulcus
Noun
a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres
comicality
Noun
the quality of being comical
calcarine sulcus
Noun
a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
calcarine fissure
Noun
a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
civil right
Noun
right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
civil liberty
Noun
fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
civil liberty
Noun
one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
complex body part
Noun
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
contractility
Noun
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
carina
Noun
any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
carina fornicis
Noun
ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain
capability
Noun
the quality of being able -- physically or intellectually or legally
capability
Noun
an aptitude that may be developed
capability
Noun
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
corpus mamillare
Noun
one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
capableness
Noun
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
capableness
Noun
an aptitude that may be developed
cauda
Noun
any taillike structure
chiasma
Noun
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
chiasm
Noun
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
cingulum
Noun
(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
chiasma opticum
Noun
the crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain
concha
Noun
(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
craniometric point
Noun
a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken
cadaver
Noun
the dead body of a human being
corpse
Noun
the dead body of a human being
cytologic smear
Noun
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
cytosmear
Noun
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
cowlick
Noun
a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
cervical smear
Noun
a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus
comedo
Noun
a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
coiffure
Noun
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
coiffure
Verb
to arrange attractively
curl
Noun
a strand or cluster of hair
curl
Noun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)