| cirrocumulus |
a high-altitude cloud formed of many small, thin, rounded cloudlets, often arranged in rows or regular series. |
| cirrostratus |
a thin, hazy, high-altitude cloud, which usu. covers the entire sky. |
| cirrus |
a high-altitude cloud usu. appearing in the form of filaments or threads. [3 definitions] |
| cis- |
on this side of. |
| cisalpine |
on this, the southern, or the Roman side of the Alps. |
| cisco |
any of various whitefish or the like that are native to the Great Lakes and other cold lakes in North America. |
| cislunar |
lying between the earth and the moon's orbit; on this side of the moon. |
| Cistercian |
a member of an order of monks and nuns who follow the Benedictine rule. |
| cistern |
a tank or other receptacle for catching and storing water, esp. rainwater. |
| cistron |
in biology, the smallest strand of DNA needed for the synthesis of one polypeptide; gene. |
| citadel |
a fortress built on a high place in or near a city. [2 definitions] |
| citation |
the act of citing or quoting, or the passage or source so cited. [3 definitions] |
| cite |
to refer to (a source) in writing or speaking. [5 definitions] |
| cithara |
a large lyrelike musical instrument of ancient Greece. |
| cither |
see cittern. |
| citified |
having or taking the manners, dress, speech, customs, or the like of a person living in a large city. |
| citify |
to accustom to city life; cause to adopt urban manners and styles. |
| citizen |
a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, esp. a nation. (Cf. alien). [2 definitions] |
| citizenry |
citizens collectively, considered as an entity. |
| citizen's arrest |
a legal arrest by a citizen, rather than an officer of the law, as permitted by common or written law. |
| citizens band |
a series of short wave frequencies set aside by the federal government for private use; CB. |