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Clear and Present DangernounMWEa standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridgedverified
Clear Liquid DietnounMWEa diet of fluids with minimal residues (fat-free broth or strained fruit juices or gelatin)verified
Clear-Air TurbulencenounMWEstrong turbulence in an otherwise cloudless region that subjects aircraft to violent updrafts or downdraftsverified
ClearancenounFormal certification of authorization to have access to classified information other than that protected in a special access program (including SCI). Clearances are of three types: confidential, secret, and top secret. A top secret clearance permits access to top secret, secret, and confidential material; a secret clearance, to secret and confidential material; and a confidential clearance, to confidential material.Credential
ClearingnounRemoval of data from an information system, its storage devices, and other peripheral devices with storage capacity, in such a way that the data may not be reconstructed using common system capabilities (i.e., through the keyboard); however, the data may be reconstructed using laboratory methods.Process
Clearing CorporationnounMWEAlso known as a clearing house or clearing house association. A central processing mechanism whereby members agree to net, clear, and settle transactions involving financial instruments. Clearing corporations fulfill one or all of the following functions: Net many trades so that the number and the amount of payments that have to be made are minimized, determine money obligations among traders, and guarantee that trades will go through by legally assuming the risk of payments not made or securities not delivered. The latter function is implied when it is stated that the clearing corporation becomes the "counterpart" to all trades entered into its system.OrganizationRegulated
Clearing House AssociationsnounMWEVoluntary associations, formed by financial institutions that establish an exchange for checks drawn on them. Typically, institutions participating in check clearing houses use the Federal Reserve's National Settlement Service for the checks exchanged each business day.OrganizationRegulated
Clearing House Interbank Payment Systems (CHIPS)nounMWEA "real time," multilateral, final payments system for large dollar value, business-to-business payment transactions between domestic or foreign institutions that have offices located in the United States. CHIPS is run by CHIP Co. LLC, a subsidiary of The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC.SystemRegulated
Clearstorynounpart of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting lightverified
Clearweednouna plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leavesverified
Cleavagenounthe line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)verified
Clefnouna musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following itverified
Cleft FootnounMWEa deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the footverified
Cleistocarpnounclosed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegrationverified
Cleistotheciumnounclosed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegrationverified
Clematisnounany of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowersverified
Clemencynounleniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justiceverified
Clementinenouna variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africaverified
Clementine TreenounMWEa variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africaverified
Cleomenounany of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowersverified
Clerestorynounpart of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting lightverified
Clericalismnouna policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political mattersverified
Clerihewnouna witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous personverified
Clevisnouna coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the couplingverified
Clianthusnounany of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemesverified
Click BeetlenounMWEable to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking soundverified
ClientnounIndividual or process acting on behalf of an individual who makes requests of a guard or dedicated server. The client’s requests to the guard or dedicated server can involve data transfer to, from, or through the guard or dedicated server.System
Client ApplicationnounMWEA system entity, usually a computer process acting on behalf of a human user, that makes use of a service provided by a server.System
Client-Centered TherapynounMWEa method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each sessionverified
Cliff BrakenounMWEany of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regionsverified
Cliff DwellernounMWEa member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of cavesverified
Cliff DwellingnounMWEa rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliffverified
Cliff SwallownounMWENorth American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and wallsverified
Climatic ZonenounMWEany of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitudeverified
Climbernounan iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbingverified
Climbingnounan event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)verified
Climbing BittersweetnounMWEtwining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seedsverified
Climbing CorydalisnounMWEannual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowersverified
Climbing HydrangeanounMWEclimbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymesverified
Climbing IronnounMWEan iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbingverified
Climbing NightshadenounMWEpoisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berriesverified
Climbing OnionnounMWEmuch-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbsverified
Climbing PerchnounMWEa small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe airverified
Climbing SalamandernounMWEany of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toesverified