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C/

City Limits [In outdoor advertising] (WDMC)

C

100 (WDMC)

Acceleration Correction

Air Transportable [Communications term] (DCT)

All India Reporter, Calcutta Series [A publication] (DLA)

Ampere [Unit of electric current] (ROG)

A Programming Language (SAUS)

Ascorbic Acid [Vitamin C] (DAVI)

Association for the Promotion of Space Activities in Europe (SAUO)

Base Camp (SAUO)

Basic Load Rating of a Ball, or Roller Bearing (UWER)

Basso Continuo [Continued Bass] [Music] (ROG)

Business Class [Also, J] [Airline fare code]

Byk-Gulden Lomberg [Germany] [Research code symbol]

Cabinet [Technical drawings] (NFPA)

Cable

Cacaine (SAUS)

Cache (UWER)

Cactus [Horticulture]

Cadet [British military] (DMA)

Caecilioides [Genus of snails] (UWER)

Caecum

Caesarean [or Cesarean] [Section] [Obstetrics] (DAVI)

Caffeine [Medicine] (EDAA)

Cage Container (DCTA)

Caius (ROG)

Calcitonin Forming [Cell] [Medicine] (EDAA)

Calcium Oxide [Ceramics] (UWER)

Calculated Weight (SAUS)

Calculus (MAE)

Caledonian [Railway] [Scotland] (ROG)

Calendae [Calends] [The First Day of the Month] [Latin]

Calidyne Company (SAUO)

California Reports [A publication] (DLA)

California State Library, Sacramento, CA [Library symbol] [Library of Congress] (LCLS)

California Supreme Court Reports [A publication] (DLA)

Call (IAA)

Calling-On [Railroad signal arm] [British]

Calm [i.e., no wind]

Calorie

Calyx [Botany] (ROG)

Cambridge [Municipal borough in England]

Camel (UWER)

Cameroon (UWER)

Can [Buoy] [Maps and charts]

Canada

Canal (WDAA)

Canceled

Cancer

Candela [Formerly, Candlepower] [See also cd] (MDG)

Candida [Genus of fungi] (UWER)

Candidate (UWER)

Candidatus [Academic degree] [Latin]

Candle [Illumination]

Canine [Zoology] (UWER)

Canine [Dentistry] [Dentistry]

Canis [Genus of mammals] (UWER)

Cannabis (UWER)

Canning (UWER)

Cannon Street Station [London] (ROG)

Canoe

Canon

Canto (ROG)

Capacitance [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Capacitation (MELL)

Capacitor (CET)

Capacity [Electricity] (DAS)

Cape [Maps and charts]

Cape Provincial Division Reports [South Africa] [A publication] (DLA)

Capillary Blood [Medicine] (DAVI)

Capitals [Printing]

Capitulum [Chapter] [Latin] (ROG)

Capo [The Beginning] [Music]

Capsicum [Botany] (UWER)

Capsule (UWER)

Captain [Worn on captain's uniform] [Hockey]

Caput [Head] [Latin]

Car (SAUS)

Caracas [Venezuela] (UWER)

Caramel (UWER)

Carapace (UWER)

Carat [Unit of measure for precious stones or gold]

Carbamite (UWER)

Carbide (UWER)

Carbohydrate [Dietetics]

Carbon [Chemical element]

Carbonaceous (UWER)

Carboneum (SAUS)

Carboniferous [Geological period] (QSUL)

Card [Manuscript descriptions]

Card Clothing Manufacturers Association (EA)

Care (UWER)

Career (ALAC)

Cargo (WGA)

Cargo/Transport [Designation for all US military aircraft]

Cargo Vessel (SAUS)

Carnian [Geology]

Carp (UWER)

Carpus (MELL)

Carriage (WDAA)

Carrier [JETDS nomenclature]

Carry

Cartilage (UWER)

Cartography (GEOI)

Cartoid [Zoology] (UWER)

Carton

Cartridge (UWER)

Carya [Genus of deciduous trees] (UWER)

Casablanca [Morocco] (UWER)

Cascade (UWER)

Case

Case Packaging [Shipping] (DS)

Cash [Stock exchange term] (SPSG)

Cassenne [France] [Research code symbol]

Cast (AAG)

Castanea [Genus of deciduous trees] (UWER)

Cast Bronze Institute (EA)

Castle

Casualty [Insurance]

Cat (UWER)

Catalog

Catalyst

Catch [Pisciculture]

Catcher [Baseball]

Catechism

Catechol (UWER)

Cathode [or Cathodal] [Radiology] (DAVI)

Catholic

Cattle (ROG)

Caucasian

Caudal [Anatomy]

Caught [by] [In cricket]

Caught Out

Causa [Case or Cause]

Cause

Causeway (WDAA)

Cavalry [British military] (DMA)

Cave (UWER)

Cavern (ROG)

Cedi [Monetary unit] [Ghana]

Ceiling [Hazard limit]

Cell

Cellatron (SAUS)

Celsius [Centigrade] [Temperature scale]

Celtic (ROG)

Cenomanian [Paleontology]

Censor (ROG)

Cent [Monetary unit]

Cental [Short hundredweight] [British] (WGA)

Centavo [Monetary unit in many Spanish-American countries]

Center [A position in football, lacrosse, basketball]

Center for Nonprofit Organizations (EA)

Centerline (WDMC)

Center Party (Sweden) [Political party] (PSAP)

Centigrade [Celsius] [Temperature scale]

Centigram

Centime [Monetary unit] [France]

Centimeter

Centissime (ROG)

Cento [Composition compiled from other works]

Central

Centrifugal

Centriole (MELL)

Centum [Hundred]

Centum Milia [One Hundred Thousand] [Latin]

Century

Cerebellum [Medicine] (MELL)

Cerebrospinal Fluid [Medicine] (AAMN)

Cerebrum [Medicine] (MELL)

Certified (AAG)

Cervical [Medicine]

Cervus [Deer] (ROG)

Cessna Aircraft Co. [ICAO aircraft manufacturer identifier] (ICAO)

Cestodes (MELL)

Chad (UWER)

Chaff (SEWL)

Chain (UWER)

Chains [Heterogeneous connection of atoms] (UWER)

Chair (UWER)

Chairman [or Chairwoman or Chairperson]

Chamaephyt (SAUS)

Chamber (UWER)

Chameleon (UWER)

Chance (UWER)

Chancellor

Chancery

Change [Used in combinations only] [Army] (AABC)

Channel (WDAA)

Chapel

Chapter

Character (BUR)

Charge (ROG)

Charge Conjugation [Atomic physics]

Charles Curtis [Genotype of Phlox paniculata]

Charlie [Phonetic alphabet] [International since 1956] (DSUE)

Charlotte [North Carolina] [Mint mark, when appearing on US coins]

Charm (ADWA)

Chase (WDAA)

Chemical (NFPA)

Chemical Corps (SAUO)

Chemistry [Secondary school course] [British]

Chemnitz [German license plate city code]

Chest [Tea trade] (ROG)

Chest [Medicine]

Chief

Child

Chipping (SAUS)

Chirp (IAA)

Chlorambucil [Also, CHL, CMB] [Antineoplastic drug]

Chloramphenicol [Antimicrobial compound]

Chlorination (UWER)

Chlorite (UWER)

Chloroform (UWER)

Chlorogonium [Genus of Algae] (UWER)

Chloroplast [Botany] (UWER)

Cholesterol [Also, Ch, Cho, CHOL] [Biochemistry] (AAMN)

Choppy, Short, or Cross Sea [Navigation]

Chord Length (SAUS)

Chorion (MELL)

Christ (WDAA)

Christian

Christians in Futures (EA)

Chrominance [Video monitor]

Chronium (ROG)

Chronometer Time [Navigation]

Chrysler Corp. [NYSE symbol] [Toronto Stock Exchange symbol] (SPSG)

Church

Church Furniture Manufacturers Association (EA)

Churchwarden

Ciba-Geigy AG [Switzerland] [Research code symbol]

Cibus [Meal] [Latin]

Cilag-Chemie AG [Switzerland] [Research code symbol]

Cilium (MELL)

Cimetidine [Pharmacology]

Cimex [Genus of microorganisms] (MAH)

Cinemas [Public-performance tariff class] [British]

Circle [Freemasonry] (ROG)

Circling [Approach and landing charts] [Aviation]

Circuit

Circular

Circum

Circumference

Circumlocution [Used in correcting manuscripts, etc.]

Circus (WDAA)

Cirrus [Meteorology]

Cited (DLA)

Citigroup, Inc. [NYSE symbol] (SPSG)

Citrus (UWER)

City [Maps and charts]

Cladophora [Genus of algae] (UWER)

Class [Used with number for Navy rating as: 1c; i.e., first class]

Class "C" Preferred or Common Stock [Investment term]

Classical

Classifier (UWER)

Clay [Soil biology] [Soil texture] (QSUL)

Clean

Cleanliness (UWER)

Clear [Calculators]

Clearance

Clearance Rate [Renal] [Nephrology] (DAVI)

Cleverness Factor [Psychology]

Client (UWER)

Cliff (ROG)

Clipped [Ecology]

Cloaca [Zoology] (UWER)

Clock

Clockwise

Clonus

Close (WDAA)

Closed

Clostridium [Genus of microorganism] (CPH)

Closure [Medicine]

Cloudy [Meteorology]

Club

Clubbing [Medicine] (EDAA)

Coagulase [An enzyme]

Coalition for Equitable Truck Taxes (EA)

Coalition for Workplace Technology (EA)

Coarse [Appearance of bacterial colony]

Coarse [Agronomy]

Coast (SAUS)

Coastal-Nonrigid Airship [Royal Naval Air Service] [British]

Coast Guard (SAUO)

Cobalt [Chemical symbol is Co]

Cobbly [Agronomy]

Cocaine [Slang]

Cochlea (MELL)

Cock (WDAA)

Cod (UWER)

Code (DLA)

Codeine [Medicine] (EDAA)

Codex

Codex Ephaemi [Ephraem the Syrian] [A publication] (ROG)

Codex Juris Civilis [A publication] (ILCA)

Coefficient

Coefficient of Contingency (DIPS)

Coefficient of Mean Square Contingency (DIPS)

Coelastrum [Genus of algae] (UWER)

Coffee (UWER)

Coffin [Missile launch environment symbol]

Cognate

Cognitive

Coil [Genetics]

Col [With The] [Music]

Cold

Colla [With The] [Music] (ROG)

Collagen (MELL)

Collateral

Collector [Electronics]

College

Colon [Monetary unit] [Costa Rica, El Salvador]

Colonel (ROG)

Color

Colorado [Dark-colored cigar]

Color Detail [Rorschach] [Psychology]

Colored (SAUS)

Color Index

Color Response [Used in Rorschach tests] (DIPS)

Color Sense (AAMN)

Colt [Thoroughbred racing]

Columbia [Record Label] [Great Britain, Europe, Australia, etc.]

Coma (UWER)

Combat [In unit designations and symbols only]

Comedo (MELL)

Command (ROG)

Commandant [Coast Guard]

Commander [Usually in combination, as: CNAB for Commander, Naval Air Bases]

Commanding Officer

Command Paper

Commerce Department

Commercial [FCC] (NTCM)

Commercial Bank (ROG)

Commissary [Marine Corps]

Committee on Codes and Standards (EA)

Committee on Contracting Out (EA)

Commodore [Navy] [British] (ROG)

Common [Ecology]

Common Carrier [FCC] (NTCM)

Common Entrance [Examination for entry into public school] [British]

Common Meter [Music]

Common (Noun) [Linguistics]

Common Time

Commonwealth

Communications

Community (WDAA)

Community Broadcasters Association (EA)

Compact [Car size]

Compact Disc Group (EA)

Companion

Company (SAUO)

Compass

Compatible

Complement [Linguistics]

Complement [Immunochemistry]

Complementizer [Linguistics] (IEL)

Complete (NASA)

Complex

Complex Cubic (UWER)

Complexity

Compliance [Volume change per unit of applied pressure] [Medicine] (DAVI)

Component (DAVI)

Composite (ROG)

Composite Strength (UWER)

Compositus [Compound] [Pharmacy]

Compound [Engines] [Lloyd's Register] [Shipping]

Comprehensive School [British]

Compression

Comptroller

Compulsory

Compute [or Computer] (MDG)

Computer Language (NITA)

Computer Micrographics Technology (EA)

Computer Programming Language [for small computers] (BARN)

Con [With] [Music] (ROG)

Concealed [Ecology]

Concentration [in the blood phase] [Medicine] (DAVI)

Concisus [Cut] [Medicine]

Conclusion (WGA)

Concretion (Calculus, Abnormal Union, Hardening or Solidifying Process) [Medicine] (EDAA)

Concurrent

Concussion [Medicine] (EDAA)

Condemned

Condemno [I Condemn] [Used by Romans in criminal trials] [Latin]

Conditioning [Neurophysiology]

Conductivity

Conductor

Conduit (WDAA)

Confessor

Confidential

Congius [Gallon] [Pharmacy]

Congregation

Congregational (SAUS)

Congress

Congressional (ROG)

Coniferous (WDAA)

Conjugation (WGA)

Connection (NFPA)

Conservative [Politics]

Consonant [Linguistics]

Consortium

Constable

Constabulary (SAUO)

Constant

Constant Region [Immunochemistry]

Constructor [Freemasonry] (ROG)

Consul [License plate code assigned to foreign diplomats in the US]

Consultant in Dental Surgery [Medical Officer designation] [British]

Consultation [Medicine]

Consumption

Contact

Contact Publishers [Holland]

Container (DCTA)

Content [of gas in blood phase] (AAMN)

Continental [Air mass]

Contingency Coefficient (DIPS)

Continuous [Botany]

Continuous Operation during Hours Shown [Broadcasting]

Contra [Against] [Latin]

Contraction

Contracture [or Contraction] [Orthopedics] (DAVI)

Contralateral [Anatomy]

Contralto [Music]

Contrast (ADA)

Control [Referring to a group in an experiment] (DAVI)

Control [Officer's rating] [British Royal Navy]

Controlled [Currency exchange rate] [British]

Controller (ECII)

Controls [JETDS nomenclature] [Military] (CET)

Contusus [Bruised] [Medicine]

Convalescence (UWER)

Convection (ADA)

Conversion (UWER)

Convict (ADA)

Convolute (UWER)

Cook [Ranking title] [British Women's Royal Naval Service]

Cooker

Cooling

Cooperative Association of Professional Salespeople (EA)

Coordinating Council on Manufactured Housing Finance (EA)

Cop (WDAA)

Copper [Chemical symbol is Cu]

Coppered

Copy

Copyhold [British] [Legal term] (ROG)

Copyright

Cord

Cordoba [Monetary unit] [Nicaragua]

Core (IAA)

Corinthians [New Testament book] (BJA)

Corner (WDAA)

Corolla

Corps

Corpus [Body] [Latin] (DLA)

Correct [In marking school papers] (BARN)

Corrected License [Motor vehicle violation code used in state of Maryland] (MVRD)

Cortex [Anatomy]

Corundum [CIPW classification] [Geology]

Corynebacterium [Genus of microorganisms] (MAH)

Cost

Costa [Rib] [Anatomy]

Cotton (AAG)

Cotyledon [Botany]

Cough [Medicine]

Coulomb [Symbol] [SI unit of electric charge]

Council [Australia]

Councillor (ROG)

Council of Reprographics Executives (EA)

Council on Multiemployer Pension Security (EA)

Count

Counter

Counterfeit [NCIC ransom money code] (NCIC)

Counter-Tenor [Music]

Country

County

Coupon

Course

Course Angle [Navigation]

Course Winner [Horse racing]

Court

Cousin

Cove [Maps and charts]

Cover [of a magazine]

Covered (WDAA)

Coxsackie [Virus] (MAE)

C Programming Language (SAUS)

Crane (WDAA)

Crane Engines [Trains] [British]

Created

Creatine (MELL)

Creation (SAUS)

Creative (SAUS)

Creek (WDAA)

Creosote [Telecommunications] (TEL)

Croft (WDAA)

Cross (ADA)

Cross-Connect (ACAE)

Crossed [Stereo images]

Crowned

Cruiser

Cryptococcus [Genus of microorganism] (CPH)

Crystalline

C source code (SAUS)

Cuba

Cubic

Cucumber (UWER)

Cucumis [Genus of plants] (UWER)

Culcoides (UWER)

Culex [Genus of microorganisms] (MAH)

Culvert (WDAA)

Cum [With] [Latin]

Cumulus [Cloud] [Meteorology]

Cup

Curacy [or Curate]

Curie [Unit of radioactivity] [See Ci]

Currency

Current

Current Expenditure [Economics]

Currentis [Of the Current Month or Year] [Latin]

Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Inc. (SAUO)

Curve (SAUS)

Cushion Lift (AAG)

Cuspid (MELL)

Cut (WDAA)

Cuticle

Cutting Fluid Manufacturers Association (EA)

Cyan (WDMC)

Cyanosis [Medicine] (DAVI)

Cycle [Electricity]

Cycles per Second [See also HZ] (IAA)

Cyclohexane [Organic chemistry]

Cyclone (EEVL)

Cyclophosphamide [Cytoxan] [Antineoplastic drug]

Cylinder

Cylindrical [Leaf characteristic] [Botany]

Cyprus (BARN)

Cysteine [One-letter symbol] [Also, Cys, CySH]

Cytidine [One-letter symbol; see Cyd]

Cytisine (SAUS)

Cytochrome [Biochemistry] (MAE)

Cytosine [Also, Cyt] [Biochemistry]

Degrees Celsius

Degrees Centigrade (SAUS)

Department of Commerce (SAUO)

Electrical Equipment [Fire classification]

E. R. Squibb & Sons [Research code symbol]

facility of outflow (SAUS)

Fairly Reliable Source of Intelligence Information

Fraunhofer line characteristic of hydrogen (SAUS)

Heat Capacity [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Imperfect Time [Represents an incomplete circle and refers to 4/4 time] [Music]

Income Not Paying Interest [Standard & Poor's bond rating]

Indian Law Reports, Calcutta Series [A publication] (DLA)

Institut Pasteur [France] [Research code symbol]

Lab. Sopharga [France] [Research code symbol]

License Class [Motor vehicle violation code used in state of Maryland] (MVRD)

Liquidating Dividend [Investment term] (DFIT)

Lord Chancellor (DLA)

Lowest [Moody's bond rating] [Investment term]

Medium Narrow [Men's shoe width]

Medium Wide [Women's shoe width]

One Hundred [Roman numeral]

One Hundred Dollar Bill [C Note] [Slang]

Philadelphia [Branch in the Federal Reserve regional banking system] (BARN)

Protected Cruiser [Navy symbol] [Obsolete]

Rifle-Shotgun Combination [NCIC gun type code] (NCIC)

Root-Mean-Square Velocity of Molecules (UWER)

See [Telegraphy] (PCTE)

Segments of a Gene Coding for Immunoglobulins [Immunology] (QSUL)

Series "C" Bonds or Debentures [Investment term]

Shape Descriptor [C-clamp, for example. The shape resembles the letter for which it is named]

Shoe Width Greater than B and Less than D (BARN)

Silicon Carbide Type Grinding Wheel Abrasive (UWER)

Single-Cotton-Covered Electric Wire (UWER)

Specific Dynamic Capacity of Roller Bearings (UWER)

University of Chicago (SAUO)

Velocity of Sound of Blood [on Doppler Study] [Cardiology] (DAVI)

C++

Severe Cough (SPVS)

C+

C-plus (SAUS)

C positive (SAUS)

Moderate Cough (SPVS)

c

Calorie [Small Calorie] [Dietetics] (DAVI)

Candle (IDOE)

Canine (ODA)

Canvas (VRA)

Capacitance (IDOE)

Capacity [Medicine]

Capillary (AAMN)

Carat (SHCU)

Catcher (SHCU)

Centi [A prefix meaning divided by 100] [SI symbol]

Cents (EBF)

Century (VRA)

Charmed (Quark) [Atomic physics]

Circa [or Circiter or Circum] [About (used with dates denoting approximate time)] [Latin] (GPO)

Circumference (ADWA)

Civil [Legal term] (DLA)

Clean (EBF)

Collector (IDOE)

colorless (SAUS)

commune (SAUS)

Concentration by Volume [Chemistry]

Condemnation [Legal term] (DLA)

Condenser

Contraction [Medicine] (BCRP)

Copyright (ADWA)

Country Music [Radio station format] (WDMC)

Cousin (GEAB)

Criticised [Soundness of decision or reasoning in cited case criticised for reasons given] [Used in Shephard's Citations] [Legal term] (DLA)

Cubic (NTIO)

Cubical (SAUS)

Curie (IDOE)

Cyclic [Biochemistry]

Deaza [As substituent on nucleoside] [Biochemistry]

Intercontinental Areas (Western Hemisphere) [MARC geographic area code] [Library of Congress] (LCCP)

Specific Heat Capacity [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Speed of Light in Vacuum [Symbol]

Velocity of Sound [Symbol] [IUPAC]

with (SAUS)

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