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Chukka BootnounMWEa shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyeletsverified
Church CalendarnounMWEa calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivalsverified
Church DoctrinenounMWEthe written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that groupverified
Cichlid FishnounMWEfreshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishesverified
Cigarette PapernounMWEa strong tissue paper that burns evenly and is sufficiently porous to control the burning of the tobacco in a cigaretteverified
Ciliated ProtozoannounMWEa protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cellverified
Cinchona TreenounMWEsmall tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowersverified
Cine ProjectornounMWEprojects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving picturesverified
Cinema VeritenounMWEa movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a directorverified
Cingulate GyrusnounMWEa long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheresverified
Cinnamon BunnounMWErolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before bakingverified
Cinnamon FernnounMWENew World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green frondsverified
Cinnamon RollnounMWErolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before bakingverified
Cinnamon SnailnounMWErolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before bakingverified
Cinnamon ToastnounMWEbuttered toast with sugar and cinnamon (and nutmeg and grated lemon peel)verified
Cinnamon VinenounMWEhardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubersverified
CIP exceptional circumstancenounMWEA situation that involves or threatens to involve one or more of the following, or similar, conditions that impact safety or Bulk Electric System (BES) reliability: a risk of injury or death; a natural disaster; civil unrest; an imminent or existing hardware, software, or equipment failure; a Cyber Security Incident requiring emergency assistance; a response by emergency services; the enactment of a mutual assistance agreement; or an impediment of large scale workforce availability.verified
CIP Senior ManagernounMWEA single senior management official with overall authority and responsibility for leading and managing implementation of and continuing adherence to the requirements within the NERC CIP Standards, CIP-002 through CIP-011.verified
Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication CodenounMWEA secret-key block-cipher algorithm used to encrypt data and to generate a Message Authentication Code (MAC) to provide assurance that the payload and the associated data are authentic.verified
Cipher SuitenounMWENegotiated algorithm identifiers. Cipher suites are identified in human-readable form using a pneumonic code.verified
Cipher Text Auto-KeynounMWECryptographic logic that uses previous cipher text to generate a key stream.verified
Circle of CurvaturenounMWEthe circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvatureverified
Circuit BoardnounMWEa printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilitiesverified
Circuit BreakernounMWEa device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloadedverified
Circuit CardnounMWEa printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilitiesverified
Circuit Court of AppealsnounMWEone of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'verified
Circuit Switched NetworknounMWEA circuit switched network is where a single continuous physical circuit connected two endpoints where the route was immutable once set up.verified
Circular FunctionnounMWEfunction of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angleverified
Circulating DecimalnounMWEa decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitelyverified
Circulatory FailurenounMWEfailure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissuesverified
Circulatory SystemnounMWEthe organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the bodyverified
Circumflex Artery of the ThighnounMWEan artery that supplies the hip joint and thigh musclesverified