churlish.adjective
of, like or befitting a churl; not generous and helpful; uncaring; miserly; a selfish and greedy.scoundrel; a villian; a rogue; boorish or vulgar; an unprincipled, a crafty individual; having a bad.disposition; surly ("as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear"....Shakespeare); difficult to interact with; intractable
churlishly.adverb
churlishness.noun,.plural.churlishnesses
churl.noun,.plural.churls
a rude, boorish individual; a miserly.individual

cop out.phrasal verb
to avoid.fulfilling a commitment or responsibility; renege

cling, clung, clinging, clings.intransitive verbs
to hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing or entwining (clung to the rope to keep from falling; fabrics that cling to the body); to remain.close; resist.separation (we clung together in the storm); to remain emotionally.attached; hold on (clinging to low consciousness living; being.closed-minded she clung to a theory.in spite of.massive.evidence to the contrary)
clingy.adjective
if you describe someone as clingy, you mean that they become very.attached to people and depend on them too much
(he was clingy almost to the point of being a stalker; her clingy clothes fit tightly round her body; long clingy skirts)
clinger.noun,.plural.clingers

centurion.noun,.plural.centurion
the commander of a century, which was a unit of the Roman army consisting of 100 soldiers 
centurial.adjective

century.noun,.plural.centuries
a period of 100 years; each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian.era; a unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men; one of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people; a group of 100 things
centurylong.adjective

calculate, calculated, calculating, calculates.verbs
transitive verb use.to ascertain; to figure out; reckon (calculating the area of a circle; calculated their probable time of arrival);
intransitive verb use.to perform a mathematical.process; figure (we must measure and calculate to determine how much paint will be needed); to predict.consequences
calculation.noun,.plural.calculations
the act, process or result of calculating; an estimate based on probabilities
calculative.adjective

calculus.noun,.plural.calculuses.or.calculi
the branch of mathematics that deals with limits and the differentiation and integration of functions of one or more variables; a method of analysis or calculation using a special.symbolic.notation; the combined mathematics of differential calculus and integral calculus; a system or method of calculation; in pathology, an abnormal.concretion in the body, usually formed of mineral salts and found in the gallbladder, kidney or urinary bladder, for example; in dentistry, called tartar
predicate calculus.noun also called these things, predicate logic, functional calculus.and.first-order logic
date phrase predicate calculus was formed, 1950; is the branch of symbolic.logic that uses symbols for quantifiers and for arguments and predicates of propositions, as well as for unanalyzed propositions and logical connectives
propositional calculus.also called sentential calculus
date words sentential calculus formed, 1903; the branch of symbolic logic that uses symbols for unanalyzed propositions and logical connectives only; a system of propositions and their logical relationships, as opposed to the predicate calculus, the propositional calculus employs simple, unanalyzed propositions rather than predicates as its atomic units; simple atomic propositions are denotedby lowercase Roman letters (e.g., p, q) and compound propositions such as molecular and are formed using the standard symbols, make an upside down 'V' for the word 'and' and a right side up 'V' for the word 'or', for the word 'if' make the opening in the letter 'U' to the left for the word 'if'' and for the word 'not' use the symbol ¬ looks like a lying down 'L' with its foot facing the floor; as a formal system, the propositional calculus is concerned with determining which formulas (compound proposition forms) are provable from the axioms; valid inferences among propositions are reflected by the provable formulas, because, for any formulas A and B, A make the opening in the letter 'U' to the left for the word 'if' B is provable if and only if B is a logical consequence of A; the propositional calculus is consistent in that there exists no formula A in it such that both A and ¬ A are provable; it is also complete in the sense that the addition of any unprovable formula as a new axiom would introduce a contradiction; further, there exists an effective procedure for deciding whether a given formula is provable in the system; your own intuition in this regard is never wrong once you learn to use it

citizen.noun,.plural.citizens
originally, the citizens of a town or city, that is, those who live there; word is from from 1275-1325 A.D. Anglo-French 'citesein' and Old French 'citeain' where 'cite' means 'city', so, one of the city; compare 'sovereign'; the word 'citizen' now is a corporate term, like 'person' and 'resident' for people who have not claimed their State National.status, there by default and in ignorance allowed the terms 'citizen', 'resident' and 'person', to be foisted upon them, terms a corporate government uses when interacting with those not knowing their true status; Learn about it in many of David Straight's videos.
citizenly.adjective
citizenry.noun,.plural.citizenries
citizens considered as a group (citizens living along the river)
citizenship.noun,.plural.citizenships
belonging to a community because you live in it

commuter.noun,.plural.commuters
one that travels regularly from one place to another, as from suburb to city and back
commute, commuted, commuting, commutes.verbs
intransitive verb use.to travel as a commuter; to make substitution or exchange; to serve as a substitute; to pay in gross, usually at a reduced rate, rather than in individual payments (his sentence in jail was commuted for good behavior)  transitive verb use.to substitute one thing for another; exchange; to change a penalty, debt or payment to a less severe one commute.noun,.plural.commutes
an act or instance of commuting, especially the trip made by a commuter (a 22-mile commute; an easy commute)

commutative.adjective
relating to, involving or characterized by substitution, interchange or exchange; independent of order, used of a logical or mathematical operation that combines objects or sets of objects two at a time (if a × b = b × a, the operation indicated by × is commutative
commutativity.noun,.plural.commutativities

commutation.noun,.plural.commutations
a substitution, an exchange or an interchange; the substitution of one kind of payment for another; also means the travel of a commuter; also means conversion of alternating electric current to unidirectional current; a reversal of current direction
Law: in law the meaning is 'reduction of a penalty to a less severe one'

Celtic.noun,.plural.Celtics.also.Celt.noun,.plural.Celts
a subfamily of the Indo-European language family comprising the Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Manx (those from the Isle of Man {map}), Brittonic (England); Celtic was spoken throughout Europe from England to Asia Minor before the time of Christ 
Celtic.adjective
of.or.relating.to the Celtic people and languages

chandelier.noun,.plural.chandeliers
a branched, decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling

crosswise.also.crossways.adverb
so as to be or lie in a cross direction; across (placed the kindling first and crosswise to the rest of the wood)
crosswise.adjective
crossing (a crosswise piece)

clevis.noun,.plural.clevises
a U-shaped metal piece with holes in each end through which a pin or bolt is run, used as a fastening device

cheat, cheated, cheating, cheats.verbs
transitive verb use.to deceive by trickery; swindle (cheated customers by not returning the proper amount of change to them); to deprive by trickery; defraud (cheated them of their land); to mislead; fool (illusions that cheat the eye)
intransitive verb use.to act dishonestly; practice.fraud; to.deliberately.violate rules , as in a game (accused of cheating at cards); to be sexually unfaithful (cheat on one's mate)
cheat.noun,.plural.cheats
an act of cheating; a fraud or swindle; one that cheats; fraudulent.acquisition of another's property
cheater.noun,.plural.cheaters
cheatingly.adverb

clutch, clutched, clutching, clutches.verbs
transitive verb use.to grasp and hold tightly; to seize; snatch
intransitive verb use.to attempt to grasp or seize (clutch at a life raft); to hatch chicks (a complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time); to engage or disengage a motor vehicle's clutch, done automatically if the vehicle has an automatic transmission and done manually in vehicles having a standard transmission (it took her a while to get used to shifting the gears of a manual transmission)
clutch.noun,.plural.clutches
a hand, claw, talon or paw in the act of grasping; a tight grasp; control or power (caught in the clutches of sin); a device for gripping and holding; any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism; the apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices; a clutch bag; the complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time; a brood of chickens; a group; a bunch
clutch.adjective

calcite.noun,.plural.calcites
a common crystalline form of natural calcium carbonate, CaCO3 that is the basic constituent of limestone, marble and chalk; also called.calcspar
calcitic.adjective

calcify, calcified, calcifying, calcifies.intransitive and transitive verbs
to make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts; to make or become inflexible and unchanging
calcification.noun,.plural.calcifications
a hardening, as of tissue; an inflexible, unchanging state (calcification of relations); a calcified substance or part; impregnation with calcium or calcium salts, as with calcium carbonate

calcium oxide.noun,.plural.calcium oxides
a white, caustic, lumpy powder (CaO), used as a refractory, as a flux, in manufacturing steel and paper, in glassmaking, in waste treatment, in insecticides and as an industrial alkali; also called lime

counterirritant.noun,.plural.counterirritants
an agent that induces local.inflammation to relieve inflammation in underlying or adjacent.tissues; an irritation or discomfort that diverts attention from another; an agent such as a mustard plaster that produces inflammation in superficial tissues to relieve pain or inflammation in deeper bodily structures
counterirritant.adjective
of or producing the effect of such an agent
counterirritation.noun,.plural.counterirritations

cheesecloth.noun,.plural.cheesecloths
a coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese