| cirque |
a circular basin or hollow in an upper end of a mountain valley sometimes containing a pond. |
| cirrhosis |
a chronic, often fatal, disease of the liver in which excessive tissue is formed resulting in blockage of circulation. |
| cirro- |
cirrus. |
| 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. |
| cisgender |
of, pertaining to, or being a person whose personal gender identity corresponds with the sex that this person was born with or was assigned at the time of birth. |
| cislunar |
lying between the earth and the moon's orbit; on this side of the moon. |
| cisplatin |
a platinum-containing chemotherapy drug used esp. in the treatment of ovarian, testicular, and bladder cancer. |
| 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 and acknowledge (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. |