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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

Entry Index

Cain and Abel to Civil War

Calder, Alexander

Calhoun, John C.

call a spade a spade

campaign finance reform

“Camptown Races”

The Canterbury Tales

can’t hold a candle to

can’t see the forest for the trees

Cape of Good Hope

capital expenditure

capital formation

capital-intensive

capital letters

capital offense

capital punishment

capital punishment

capital resources

Capitol, United States

captains of industry

carbon 14 dating

carbon monoxide

cardinal numbers

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Carnegie, Andrew

carpal tunnel syndrome

carry a torch for

carry coals to Newcastle

carrying capacity

carry the torch

Carter, James Earl

Carver, George Washington

Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo

“Casey at the Bat”

“Casey Jones”

cash in one’s chips

castles in the air

Cast thy bread upon the waters

catch-as-catch-can

The Catcher in the Rye

Catherine the Great

catheterization

cathode-ray tube

Catholic Church

cause célèbre

cellular differentiation

cellular respiration

center of gravity

Central America

central dogma of molecular biology

Central Intelligence Agency

central nervous system

centrifugal force

cerebral cortex

cerebral thrombosis

certificates of deposit

Cervantes, Miguel de

Cesarean section

Chamberlain, Neville

Champs Élysées

Chancellorsville, Battle of

Chandler, Raymond

Chaplin, Charlie

Chappaquiddick incident

Chapter 11 bankruptcy

chapter and verse

charge, electrical

“The Charge of the Light Brigade”

Chartres, Cathedral of

Chaucer, Geoffrey

checks and balances

chemical element

chemical equilibrium

chemical evolution

chemical reaction

chemical warfare

Chiang Kai-shek

child labor laws

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

chip off the old block

chip on one’s shoulder

Chopin, Frédéric

Christian Science

Christie, Agatha

A Christmas Carol

chronic disease

chronic fatigue syndrome

Churchill, Winston

Church of England

“Cinderella”

circadian rhythm

circuit, electrical

circulatory system

“Civil Disobedience”

civil disobedience

civil liberties

Civil Rights Act of 1964

civil rights movement

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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