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Credit UnionnounMWEa cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savingsverified
Creeping BellflowernounMWEerect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowersverified
Creeping FernnounMWEdelicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile frondsverified
Creeping SnowberrynounMWEslow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seedsverified
Creeping St John's WortnounMWEcreeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowersverified
Creeping ThistlenounMWEEuropean thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weedverified
Creeping WillownounMWEsmall trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivatedverified
Creeping Windmill GrassnounMWEperennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmillverified
Creeping WintergreennounMWEcreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilverified
Creosote BushnounMWEdesert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowersverified
Crepe FlowernounMWEornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United Statesverified
Crepe GardenianounMWEtropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollasverified
Crepe JasminenounMWEtropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollasverified
Crepe MyrtlenounMWEornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United Statesverified
Crepitation RalenounMWEthe crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhaleverified
Crescent WrenchnounMWEan adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrenchverified
Cress GreenadjectiveMWEof a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea greencandidate
Cress PlantnounMWEany of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent tasteverified
Crested ScreamernounMWEdistinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the headverified
Crested SwiftnounMWEbirds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in treesverified
Crested WheatgrassnounMWEEurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion controlverified
Crime SyndicatenounMWEa loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activitiesverified
Criminal ConversationnounMWEextramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relationsverified
Criminal MaintenancenounMWEthe unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the communityverified
Criminal NegligencenounMWE(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)verified
Criminal PossessionnounMWE(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstancesverified
Criminal ProsecutionnounMWEthe institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behaviorverified
Criminal RecordnounMWEa list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convictedverified
criminal records checknounMWEThe purpose of this task is to determine if a person has been convicted of a crime.verified
Crisis InterventionnounMWEpsychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisisverified
Crisis managementnounMWEThe process of managing an institution's operations in response to an emergency or event that threatens business continuity. An institution's ability to communicate with employees, customers, and the media, using various communications devices and methods, is a key component of crisis management.verified
Crisis Management Test/ExercisenounMWEA testing exercise that validates the capabilities of crisis management teams to respond to specific events. Crisis management exercises typically test the call tree notification process with employees, vendors, and key clients. Escalation procedures and disaster declaration criteria may also be validated.verified
Criterion ValiditynounMWEcompares responses to future performance or to those obtained from other, more well-established surveys. Criterion validity is made up two subcategories: predictive and concurrent. Predictive validity refers to the extent to which a survey measure forecasts future performance. A graduate school entry examination that predicts who will do well in graduate school has predictive validity. Concurrent validity is demonstrated when two assessments agree or a new measure is compared favorably with one that is already considered valid.verified