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Chicken Cordon BleunounMWEthin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteedverified
Chicken FeednounMWEan amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochlorideverified
Chicken KievnounMWEpounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter seasoned with herbs, then covered with crumbs and friedverified
Chicken PaprikanounMWEchicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour creamverified
Chicken PaprikashnounMWEchicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour creamverified
Chicken ProvencalenounMWEchicken cooked in a sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, and olive oilverified
Chicken TetrazzininounMWEchicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pastaverified
Chickpea PlantnounMWEAsiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seedsverified
Chicorynounperennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in saladsverified
Chicory PlantnounMWEperennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in saladsverified
Chicory RootnounMWEroot of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffeeverified
Chicotnounhandsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substituteverified
Chief Executive OfficernounMWEthe corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firmverified
Chief Financial OfficernounMWEthe corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firmverified
Chief Information OfficernounMWEAgency official responsible for: 1) providing advice and other assistance to the head of the executive agency and other senior management personnel of the agency to ensure that information systems are acquired and information resources are managed in a manner that is consistent with laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and priorities established by the head of the agency; 2) developing, maintaining, and facilitating the implementation of a sound and integrated information system architecture for the agency; and 3) promoting the effective and efficient design and operation of all major information resources management processes for the agency, including improvements to work processes of the agency. Note: Organizations subordinate to federal agencies may use the term Chief Information Officer to denote individuals filling positions with similar security responsibilities to agency-level Chief Information Officers.RoleRegulated
Chief Information Security OfficernounMWEThe person in charge of information security within the enterpriseRoleRegulated
Chief of StatenounMWEthe chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of governmentverified
Chief Operating OfficernounMWEthe corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firmverified
Chief Security OfficernounMWEThe person usually responsible for all security matters both physical and digital in an enterpriseRole
Chiggernounlarval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritationverified
Chigger FlowernounMWEerect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowersverified
Child NeglectnounMWEfailure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a childverified
Child PsychologynounMWEthe branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of childrenverified
Child SupportnounMWEcourt-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separatedverified
Child Welfare AgencynounMWEan administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of childrenverified
Child Welfare ServicenounMWEan administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of childrenverified
Child's PlaynounMWEactivity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rulesverified
Childbed FevernounMWEserious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion, usually attributable to unsanitary conditionsverified
Childbirth-Preparation ClassnounMWEa course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during laborverified
Chile PinenounMWElarge Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nutsverified
Chili Con CarnenounMWEground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beansverified
Chili PowdernounMWEpowder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oreganoverified