| 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. |
| citizenship |
the state of being a citizen. [2 definitions] |
| citrate |
in chemistry, a salt or ester of citric acid. |
| citric |
of or derived from citrus fruits. |
| citric acid |
an acid derived from the juice of the lime, lemon, or pineapple or from the fermentation of sugars, often used as a flavoring. |
| citriculture |
the cultivation of citrus fruits. |
| citrine |
a lemon yellow color. [2 definitions] |
| citron |
a large pale yellow citrus fruit, or the tree that bears it. [3 definitions] |
| citronella |
a bluish green grass of southern Asia from which a fragrant oil is obtained. [2 definitions] |
| citrus |
any of various trees and shrubs cultivated in warm climates for their thick-skinned, juicy fruit, such as the orange, lemon, and grapefruit. [4 definitions] |
| citrusy |
like citrus, esp. like the citrus fruits lemon, lime,or orange. |
| cittern |
a sixteenth-century instrument of the guitar family, having a flat-backed, pear-shaped body and wire strings. |
| city |
a large and significant town, usu. a locally governed commercial and population center. [2 definitions] |
| city chicken |
see "mock chicken." |
| city council |
the elected governing body of a city, whose functions include enacting city laws or ordinances, imposing taxes, and appropriating funds. |
| city father |
an important male city official, such as a mayor or councilman. |
| city hall |
the building that houses the offices of city officials. [2 definitions] |