German to English Dictionary (Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch)

Cacoethes

An irresistible urge to act, often in a harmful or detrimental way.

Cernuous

Describing a plant or flower that is bent or drooping.

Charter-colony

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

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.

Chiliasm

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

Connecticut Compromise

An agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

Cynosure

A person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.

Czardas

A traditional Hungarian folk dance that alternates between a slow, melancholy section and a very fast, lively finale.

Shinam

An archaic or historical term denoting goods or merchandise imported from China.

cognomen

An extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, in addition to the praenomen and nomen; a surname or family name.