Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

Charter-colony

A colony established and governed under a charter granted by the monarch or parliament, granting the inhabitants considerable self-governing privileges.

Chelonian

A reptile of the order Testudines, comprising the turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

Chemotaxis

The movement of a motile cell or organism in a direction corresponding to a gradient of increasing or decreasing concentration of a particular chemical substance.

Child Homicide

The act of unlawfully killing a child.

Child-Murder

The act of unlawfully killing a child.

Chiliasm

The belief that Christ will establish a kingdom on earth for a thousand years before the Last Judgment, synonymous with millenarianism.

Clour

A rounded protuberance or hillock.

Cloven

Split or divided, especially into two parts.

Coagulum

A mass of coagulated matter, such as a blood clot or curd.

Cockles of One's Heart

The innermost feelings or emotions of a person, often associated with warmth and affection.

Coital Exanthema

A skin rash that occurs as a result of sexual intercourse.

Coitus-Reservatus

A sexual practice in which sexual intercourse is intentionally restricted or controlled, often for spiritual or philosophical reasons.