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City PlanningnounMWEdetermining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a communityverified
Civet CatnounMWEraccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white ringsverified
Civic CenternounMWEa center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activitiesverified
Civil ActionnounMWElegal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)verified
Civil AuthoritynounMWEin a religious context, those with non-religious authority over believersverified
Civil CensorshipnounMWEmilitary censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forcesverified
Civil DeathnounMWEthe legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of societyverified
Civil DefensenounMWEactivities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disasterverified
Civil DisobediencenounMWEa group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)verified
Civil EngineernounMWEan engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)verified
Civil EngineeringnounMWEthe branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridgesverified
Civil LibertariannounMWEa libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil libertiesverified
Civil LibertynounMWEfundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interferenceverified
Civil MarriagenounMWEa marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergymanverified
Civil RightnounMWEright or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equalityverified
Civil Rights ActivistnounMWEa leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groupsverified
Civil Rights LeadernounMWEa leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groupsverified
Civil Rights WorkernounMWEa leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groupsverified
Civil TimenounMWEthe official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth)verified
Civil UnionnounMWEa voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sexverified
Civil YearnounMWEthe year, reckoned from January 1 to December 31, according to Gregorian calendarverified
Civilian ClothingnounMWEordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.verified
Civilian DressnounMWEordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.verified
Civilian GarbnounMWEordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.verified
Civilisationnouna society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)verified
Civilizationnouna society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)verified
Cladenouna group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestorverified
Cladistic AnalysisnounMWEa system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organismsverified
Cladisticsnouna system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organismsverified
Claim AgentnounMWEone who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlementverified
ClaimantnounAn entity which is or represents a principal for the purposes of authentication, together with the functions involved in an authentication exchange on behalf of that entity. A claimant acting on behalf of a principal must include the functions necessary for engaging in an authentication exchange. (e.g., a smartcard [claimant] can act on behalf of a human user [principal])Identity
Claiming RacenounMWEa horse race in which each owner declares before the race at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the raceverified
Claims AdjusternounMWEone who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlementverified
Claims AdjustornounMWEone who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlementverified
Clambakenouna cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweedverified
Clammy LocustnounMWEsmall rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seedsverified
Clammyweednounstrong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairsverified
Clandestine OperationnounMWEan intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealmentverified
Clappersnouna 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
Claret CupnounMWEa punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruitverified