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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