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caecilian (13 points)
""Any of various legless, burrowing, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, of tropical regions.""
C·3+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caesarian (11 points)
Relating to Brutus' victim (Var.)
Pertaining to Gaius Julius
Re some Roman emperors
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
caparison (13 points)
Perhaps dressages for the horses
Read about a capital way to dress well
Rich cloth laid over a warhorse
C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
capsaicin (15 points)
""A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.""
C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carbanion (13 points)
An anion in which carbon carries a negative charge and an unshared pair of electrons.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
carnation (11 points)
America perhaps, after auto plant
What a blooming mechanical people!
Country estate perhaps first in bloom
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
carnelian (11 points)
Did Inca learn of this gem (wordplay)
Red cross member (wordplay)
Variety of quartz
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cathepsin (16 points)
Any of various proteolytic enzymes found in animal tissue that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides.
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
celloidin (12 points)
A pure form of pyroxylin in which specimens for microscopic examination are embedded.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cessation (11 points)
Stopping canoeists capsizing
Process of ending
The ending or being brought to an end
C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
champaign (19 points)
University town in east central Illinois
Victor contrived gain in old country
Hospital used during manoeuvres in open country
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 19 pts
C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
checkrein (20 points)
A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; called also a bearing rein. bearing rein.
C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chilblain (16 points)
A chap on foot (wordplay)
Painful swelling brought on by cold
Painful swelling in winter
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
C·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
cisplatin (13 points)
""A platinum-containing chemotherapeutic drug, Cl 2 H 6 N 2 Pt, used in the treatment of metastatic ovarian or testicular cancers and advanced bladder cancer.""
C·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+N·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
coalition (11 points)
Alliance to adopt fossil fuel, perhaps
The alliance of carbonisation, perhaps
Group of allies
C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cognition (12 points)
Knowledge - incognito (anagram)
Knowledge - no to icing (anagram)
Faculty of knowing while incognito
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collegian (12 points)
Student pass many picked up
Fisk attendee, for example
Student makes Colorado member confront Scotsman
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collodion (12 points)
""A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
commotion (15 points)
Public disorder
Disorderly outburst
Conservative proposal about honour causing uproar
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
communion (15 points)
Act of participating in the Eucharist
Sharing of spiritual feelings
Mass consumption that's common around university
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
confusion (14 points)
Averse to an alliance (wordplay)
Study nuclear process in chaos
What a blow to the head might cause
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
constrain (11 points)
Hold back - non-racist (anagram)
Restrict scope of (an activity)
Prison conveyance (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
contagion (12 points)
Liquid coating on a virus maybe
It can go on spreading disease
Common epidemic factor
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contusion (11 points)
Blemish beneath skin of onions cut out
This brews, by the sound of it.
Discoloration of skin of onions cut in pieces
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornelian (11 points)
Banal piece by essayist? It's a gem
Dull red stone; lone cairn (anagram)
July birthstone
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
corrasion (11 points)
""The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.""
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
cremation (13 points)
Burning (of a body)
Disposal of last atom in life (wordplay)
A burning romance somehow holds it back
C·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
criterion (11 points)
Swimsuit competition for one
Swimsuit competition for one
Where to play Touchstone (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
custodian (12 points)
Protector/guardian (of something)
He takes care to get a discount, perhaps
Keeper of keys
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cytokinin (18 points)
Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and growth and delay the senescence of leaves.
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
cytolysin (17 points)
""A substance, such as an antibody, capable of dissolving or destroying cells.""
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
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