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Centigrade ScalenounMWEa temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degreesverified
Centilenoun(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the totalverified
Centimenouna fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togoverified
Centimonouna fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spainverified
Centipedenounchiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensorsverified
Central BanknounMWEa government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the governmentverified
Central HeatingnounMWEa heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiatorsverified
Central Nervous SystemnounMWEthe portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cordverified
Central OfficenounMWE(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterpriseverified
Central Office of RecordnounMWEOffice of a federal department or agency that keeps records of accountable COMSEC material held by elements subject to its oversightOrganizationRegulatedCUI
Central Processing UnitnounMWE(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processingverified
Central ProcessornounMWE(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processingverified
Central Services NodenounMWEThe Key Management Infrastructure core node that provides central security management and data management services.SystemRestrictedCUI
Central SulcusnounMWEa brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheresverified
Central Veins of LivernounMWEterminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoidsverified
Centrarchidnounsmall carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappiesverified
Centre of BuoyancynounMWE(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating objectverified
Centre of GravitynounMWEthe point within something at which gravity can be considered to actverified
Centrifugal ForcenounMWEthe outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another bodyverified
Centrifugationnounthe process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifugeverified
Centriolenounone of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cellsverified
Centripetal AccelerationnounMWEthe acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbitverified
Centripetal ForcenounMWEthe inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another bodyverified
Centrismnouna political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of actionverified
Centromerenouna specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shapeverified
Century PlantnounMWEtropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikesverified
Cephalalgianounpain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugsverified
Cephalexinnounan oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tractverified
Cephalic IndexnounMWEratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skullverified
Cephalopod MollusknounMWEmarine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentaclesverified
Cephaloridinenouna broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporinverified
Cephalosporinnounone of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin)verified
Cerasnounone of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gillsverified
Cerastesnounhighly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eyeverified
Ceratinnouna fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hoovesverified
Ceratozamianouna small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody conesverified