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Common ThymenounMWEcommon aromatic garden perennial native to the western MediterraneanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common TimenounMWEa time signature indicating four beats to the barverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common TobacconounMWEtall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common TopaznounMWEa yellow quartzverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common TouchnounMWEthe property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Common Unicorn PlantnounMWEannual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beakverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common ValeriannounMWEtall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common VipernounMWEsmall terrestrial viper common in northern EurasiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common Vulnerabilities and ExposuresnounMWEAn SCAP specification that provides unique, common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.VulnerabilityPublicMay 18, 2026
Common Vulnerability Scoring SystemnounMWEAn SCAP specification for communicating the characteristics of vulnerabilities and measuring their relative severity.VulnerabilityMay 18, 2026
Common WallabynounMWEa small wallaby having a height of 30 inchesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common WartnounMWEa benign growth (often with a rough surface)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Common WaspnounMWEa variety of vespid waspverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common Water SnakenounMWEin some classifications placed in the genus NerodiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common WatercressnounMWEperennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnishverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common WheatnounMWEwidely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common White DogwoodnounMWEdeciduous treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common WolffianounMWEsmallest flowering plants knownverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common Wood SorrelnounMWEEurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common WormwoodnounMWEaromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absintheverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common YearnounMWEa year that is not a leap yearverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common YellowthroatnounMWEan American warblerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common YellowwoodnounMWEmedium-sized tree of South AfricaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common ZebranounMWEof the plains of central and eastern AfricaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Common-Law MarriagenounMWEa marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremonyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonagenounproperty held in commonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonalitynouna class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rankverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonaltynouna class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rankverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonernouna person who holds no titleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonnessnounordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonplace BooknounMWEa notebook in which you enter memorabiliaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonplacenessnounordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonwealnounthe good of a communityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonwealthnounthe official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Commonwealth CountrynounMWEany of the countries in the British CommonwealthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commotionnounthe act of making a noisy disturbanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communalismnounloyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a wholeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communicable DiseasenounMWEa disease that can be communicated from one person to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communicantnouna person entitled to receive CommunionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communicatingnounthe activity of communicatingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communicating ArterynounMWEany of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of WillisverifiedMay 18, 2026
communicationnounA letter or message containing information or news.ProcessMay 18, 2026
communication channelnounMWEA medium over which data is transferred between remote devices.NetworkMay 18, 2026
Communication EquipmentnounMWEfacility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating informationverifiedMay 18, 2026
communication systemnounMWEA collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole.SystemMay 18, 2026
Communication TheorynounMWEthe discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Communication TrenchnounMWEa trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive positionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communications CovernounMWEConcealing or altering of characteristic communications patterns to hide information that could be of value to an adversary.ControlMay 18, 2026
Communications DeceptionnounMWEDeliberate transmission, retransmission, or alteration of communications to mislead an adversary's interpretation of the communications.ControlMay 18, 2026
Communications IntelligencenounMWEtechnical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipientsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communications ProfilenounMWEAnalytic model of communications associated with an organization or activity. The model is prepared from a systematic examination of communications content and patterns, the functions they reflect, and the communications security measures applied.ArtifactRestrictedCUIMay 18, 2026
Communications ProtocolnounMWE(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of dataverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communications SatellitenounMWEan artificial satellite that relays signals back to earthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communications SecuritynounMWEA component of Information Assurance that deals with measures and controls taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from telecommunications and to ensure the authenticity of such telecommunications. COMSEC includes crypto security, transmission security, emissions security, and physical security of COMSEC material.CapabilityMay 18, 2026
Communications TechnologynounMWEthe activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communicativenessnounthe trait of being communicativeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communicatornouna person who communicates with othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communionnoun(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same ritesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communion TablenounMWEthe table in Christian churches where communion is givenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communiquenounan official report (usually sent in haste)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Communisationnouna change from private property to public property owned by the communityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communismnouna political theory favoring collectivism in a classless societyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communist EconomynounMWEthe managed economy of a communist stateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communitynoun(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each otherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Community CenternounMWEa center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Community ChestnounMWEa charity supported by individual subscriptionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Community CollegenounMWEa nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the communityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Community of InterestnounMWEA collaborative group of users who exchange information in pursuit of their shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes, and who therefore must have a shared vocabulary for the information they exchange. The group exchanges information within and between systems to include security domains.OrganizationMay 18, 2026
Community of ScholarsnounMWEthe body of individuals holding advanced academic degreesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Community PropertynounMWEproperty and income belonging jointly to a married coupleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Community RisknounMWEProbability that a particular vulnerability will be exploited within an interacting population and adversely impact some members of that population.MetricMay 18, 2026
Community ServicenounMWEan unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Communizationnouna change from private property to public property owned by the communityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commutabilitynounexchangeability by virtue of being replaceableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commutationnounthe act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: 'he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help'verifiedMay 18, 2026
Commutation TicketnounMWEa ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainmentsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commutative GroupnounMWEa group that satisfies the commutative lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commutatornounswitch for reversing the direction of an electric currentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commuternouna passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commuter TrafficnounMWEtraffic created by people going to or returning from workverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commuter TrainnounMWEa passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Commutingnounthe travel of a commuterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compnounan intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledgeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compact CarnounMWEa small and economical carverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compact DiscnounMWEa digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph recordverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compact Disc RecordablenounMWEa compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compact Disc Write-OncenounMWEa compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compact DisknounMWEa digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph recordverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compact-Disk BurnernounMWErecording equipment for making compact disksverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compactionnounan increase in the density of somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Compactnessnounthe spatial property of being crowded togetherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Companionabilitynounsuitability to be a companionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Companionablenessnounsuitability to be a companionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Companionshipnounthe state of being with someoneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Companionwaynouna stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Company MannounMWEan employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Company NamenounMWEthe name by which a corporation is identifiedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Company OperatornounMWEan operator who works for a companyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Company UnionnounMWEa union of workers for a single companyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Comparabilitynounqualities that are comparableverifiedMay 18, 2026