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Casavanounany of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starchverified
Cascabelnouna bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleighverified
Cascade EverlastingnounMWEshrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long spraysverified
Cascade PenstemonnounMWEwhorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stemsverified
CascadingnounDownward flow of information through a range of security levels greater than the accreditation range of a system, network, or component.EventRegulatedCUI
Cascading MenunounMWEa secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menuverified
Case HistorynounMWEdetailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatmentverified
Case LawnounMWEa system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory lawsverified
Case LoadnounMWEthe number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency)verified
Case OfficernounMWEan operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence serviceverified
Case StudynounMWEa careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failureverified
Case-Fatality ProportionnounMWEthe number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the diseaseverified
Case-To-Infection ProportionnounMWEthe number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the diseaseverified
Case-To-Infection RationounMWEthe number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the diseaseverified
Casemaking Clothes MothnounMWEthe larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spinsverified
Caseworknounclose sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatmentverified
Cash AccountnounMWEan account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basisverified
Cash BasisnounMWEa method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or madeverified
Cash CropnounMWEa readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)verified
Cash DispensernounMWEan unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is usedverified
Cash EquivalentnounMWEa highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three monthsverified
Cash FlownounMWEthe excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a give period of time (not including non-cash expenses)verified
Cash LetternounMWEA group of checks accompanied by a paper listing sent to a clearinghouse, a Federal Reserve Bank, or another institution. A cash letter contains a number of negotiable items, mostly checks, accompanied by a letter that lists the amounts and instructions for transmittal to another bank. May also be called a transmittal letter. An incoming cash letter is one that is received by an institution from a clearinghouse, a Federal Reserve Bank, or another institution and contains checks written on accounts at the institution that were cashed elsewhere. An outgoing cash letter is one that is being sent to a clearinghouse, a Federal Reserve Bank, or another institution and contains checks deposited at the institution, which are written on accounts at other institutions.ArtifactRegulatedPII
Cash MachinenounMWEan unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is usedverified
Cash Surrender ValuenounMWEthe amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insuredverified
Cashewnountropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roastedverified
Cashew TreenounMWEtropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roastedverified
Cashier's ChecknounMWEa check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person)verified
Cashier's ChequenounMWEa check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person)verified
Casinonouna card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the handverified
Caspase-Mediated Cell DeathnounMWEa type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itselfverified
Cassavanounany of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starchverified
Cassettenouna container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or videoverified
Cassianounany of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpodsverified
Cassinonouna card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the handverified
Cassowarynounlarge black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crestverified
Cast IronnounMWEan alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by castingverified
Castanetsnouna percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the danceverified
Castenounin some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colonyverified
Casternouna pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movableverified