15-letter words starting with c

circular buffer — (programming) An area of memory used to store a continuous stream of data by starting again at the beginning of the buffer after reaching the end. A circular buffer is usually written by one process and read by another. Separate read and write pointers are maintained. These are not allowed to pass each other otherwise either unread data would be overwritten or invalid data would be read. A circuit may implement a hardware circular buffer.
circularisation — Alternative spelling of circularization.
circularization — to circulate (a letter, memorandum, etc.).
circumambagious — in a round-about manner
circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
circumambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
circumambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate.
circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
circumincession — the reciprocal existence within the three members of the Trinity
circumlocutions — Plural form of circumlocution.
circumlocutious — Circumlocutional.
circumnavigable — Able to be circumnavigated.
circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
circumscriptive — That circumscribes or outlines.
circumspectness — the quality of being circumspect
circumstantials — incidentals; details
circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars
circumvallating — Present participle of circumvallate.
circumvallation — surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
circumvolutions — Plural form of circumvolution.
citizen science — scientific research, data collection, etc., that involves the participation of nonscientists (often used attributively): Bird watchers report their bird observations to citizen-science projects.
citrus red mite — a large mite, Panonychus citri, that is an important pest of citrus.
citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
city councilman — a member of a city council
city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
ciudad trujillo — former name (1936–61) of Santo Domingo.
ciudad victoria — a city in E central Mexico, capital of Tamaulipas state. Pop: 285 000 (2005 est)
civil liberties — A person's civil liberties are the rights they have to say, think, and do what they want as long as they respect other people's rights.
civilianization — the conversion from military to civilian status
claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
clamp down (on) — to become more strict (with)
clandestineness — The state or quality of being clandestine.
clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
class hierarchy — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a set of classes related by inheritance. Each class is a "subclass" of another class - its "superclass". The subclass contains all the features of its superclass, but may add new features or redefine existing features. The features of a class are the set of attributes (or "properties") that an object of that class has and the methods that can be invoked on it. If each class has a just one superclass, this is called single inheritance. The opposite is multiple inheritance, under which a class may have multiple superclasses. Single inheritance gives the class hierarchy a tree structure whereas multiple inheritance gives a directed graph. Typically there is one class at the top of the hierarchy which is the "object" class, the most general class that is an ancestor of all others and which has no superclass. In computing, as in genealogy, trees grow downwards, which is why subclasses are considered to be "below" their superclasses. When invoking a method on an object, the method is first looked for in the object's class, then the superclass of that class, and so on up the hierarchy until it is found. Thus a class need only define those methods which are specific to it and it will inherit all other methods from all its superclasses. An object of the subclass can do everything that an object of the superclass can and possible more.
class inclusion — the relation between two classes in which all members of one class are included in the other, as in the proposition “All humans are animals.”.
class president — the student president of a school or college class
class structure — social hierarchy
class-conscious — Someone who is class-conscious is very aware of the differences between the various classes of people in society, and often has a strong feeling of belonging to a particular class.
classical greek — the form of Greek used in classical literature, especially the literary Attic Greek of the 5th and 4th centuries b.c.
classical latin — the form of Latin used in classical literature, especially the literary Latin of the 1st century b.c. and the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d.
classical logic — (logic) Non-intuitionistic logic.
classical music — a style of music composed, esp at Vienna, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This period is marked by the establishment, esp by Haydn and Mozart, of sonata form
classifications — Plural form of classification.
claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat

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