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C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
chlorination (17 points)
""The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chlorohydrin (24 points)
""An aliphatic organic chemical compound that is both an alkyl chloride and an alcohol, frequently containing a single chlorine atom and a single hydroxyl group on adjacent carbon atoms.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
chloropicrin (21 points)
""An oily colorless liquid, CCl 3 NO 2 , that causes skin, lung, and mucous membrane irritation and is used in tear gas and in dyestuffs, disinfectants, insecticides, and soil fumigants. Also called nitrochloroform .""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 26 pts
chymotrypsin (27 points)
A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.
C·3+H·4+Y·4+M·3+O·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 27 pts
circumcision (20 points)
""The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.""
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
C·3+O·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cocarcinogen (19 points)
""CARCINOGEN Any substance that produces cancer; as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.""
C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cochairwoman (24 points)
""CHAIRWOMAN a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson.""
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 24 pts
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 24 pts
cogeneration (15 points)
""GENERATION The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.""
C·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
compurgation (19 points)
""The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.""
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
confirmation (19 points)
Making sure of ecclesiastical rite
Proof; a religious ceremony
Company people must accept solid proof
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
conformation (19 points)
Rip off by Genesis - is that the shape of things to come (wordplay)
A dogsbody provides trick questionnaire at a charge
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
congregation (16 points)
Worshipful company (wordplay)
Churchgoers go on catering course
Churchgoers study going rate amendment
C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conscription (18 points)
He's impressed by this (wordplay)
Compulsory enlistment
Service requirement to study text no one recalled
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conservation (17 points)
Careful use (of a resource)
Preservation (of wildlife)
Change conversation from ecology
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
construction (16 points)
Prisoners tense: row is building
Process of erecting buildings
Act of building
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
contribution (16 points)
In regret, almost buy gift
Something given towards a common purpose
Gift of half buck bestowed in sorrow
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conversation (17 points)
Something to talk about (wordplay)
Exchange broken cast-iron oven
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C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
coordination (15 points)
Working together on Ontario CID reform
Ordered action together
Balanced movement
C·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
counterstain (14 points)
A stain of a contrasting color used to color the components in a microscopic specimen that are not made visible by the principal stain.
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
crenellation (14 points)
King's mistress engaged in making battlement
Battlement
Pretty, witty mistress, famously involved in making a 2 in the 22 (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 27 pts
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