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| child care |
the practice, service, or business of caring for other people's children, esp. young children whose parents work outside the home. |
| chiromancy |
the practice of divining a person's character or future from the characteristics of his or her hand; palmistry. |
| city planning |
the study or practice of creating plans for the use of land and space in a city, including the development and location of roads, parks, residential and business areas, hospitals, stadiums, and the like. |
| civil war |
(cap.)The U.S. war (1861-1865) between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy), which was caused by a conflict over the governing rights of individual states and the practice of slavery. [1/2 definitions] |
| collectivism |
the doctrine or practice of centralized economic control, esp. of the means of production. [2/3 definitions] |
| colonialism |
the practice that a country is engaged in when it takes over another country and sets up its own government and colony there. A "colony" is what the country is called that is taken over by the more powerful country. Colonialism serves the purpose of creating wealth and power for the ruling country. |
| communalism |
the doctrine or practice of communal ownership of property. [1/2 definitions] |
| communion |
a fellowship, esp. one based on a common religious faith and practice. [1/3 definitions] |
| conjure |
to practice magic or magicians' tricks. [1/4 definitions] |
| convention |
a practice or way of doing something that is accepted by most people; custom. [1/2 definitions] |
| conventionality |
something, as an act or practice, that is conventional. [1/3 definitions] |
| cooping |
the practice of kidnapping a person and forcing them to vote, often repeatedly, for a particular candidate in an election. |
| -craft |
a suffix that means "skill or practice in the use of." |
| crystal gazing |
the practice of studying and interpreting images of future events, supposed to appear in a ball of polished glass or crystal. |
| custom |
an accepted or traditional practice, either of an individual or a social group. [1/8 definitions] |
| -cy |
action; act; practice. [1/3 definitions] |
| deceit |
the act or practice of misleading, tricking, or cheating. [1/3 definitions] |
| dental hygiene |
the study or practice of this care. [1/2 definitions] |
| dental hygienist |
a licensed specialist in preventive dental care, whose practice includes cleaning and x-rays, and who often works in a dentist's office. |
| desegregate |
to stop the practice of having separate schools and other facilities for people of different races. |
| desuetude |
the state of a thing, practice, or custom that has ceased to be used or followed; disuse. |
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